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Biography of Norman Ramsey
27. Aug 1915 – 4. Nov 2011(96 years)Died in:Wayland, Middlesex County
American physicist
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Norman Foster Ramsey (* 27. August 1915 in Washington, D.C.; † 4. November 2011 in Wayland) was an american physicist. He was 96 years old. His education included University of Cambridge, Leavenworth High School and Columbia University. He received 10 awards, including Guggenheim Fellowship, Nobel Prize in Physics.
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15 Events1915
Born in Washington, D.C., District of Columbia
1931
Columbia University
Doctor of Philosophy · until 1940
1935
University of Cambridge
until 1937
1940
Carnegie Institution for Science
until 1940
1947
Harvard University
until 1986
1954
Guggenheim Fellowship
1974
Davisson–Germer Prize in Atomic or Surface Physics
1984
IEEE Medal of Honor
1985
Rumford Prize
1988
Oersted Medal
1988
National Medal of Science
1989
Nobel Prize in Physics
1990
Dirac Medal for the Advancement of Physics
1993
Einstein Prize for Laser Science
2011