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Biography of Theodore Maiman
11. Jul 1927 – 5. May 2007(79 years)Died in:Vancouver, British Columbia
American physicist/Inventor of first working laser
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mastocytosis
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Theodore Maiman (* 11. July 1927 in Los Angeles; † 5. May 2007 in Vancouver) was an american physicist/Inventor of first working laser. He was 79 years old. His education included Stanford University and University of Colorado Boulder. He received 8 awards, including Stuart Ballantine Medal, Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize. His cause of death was mastocytosis.
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9 Events1927
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County
1962
Stuart Ballantine Medal
1966
Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize
1976
R. W. Wood Prize
1983
Wolf Prize in Physics
1984
National Inventors Hall of Fame
1987
Japan Prize
1994
honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons
2007