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Memorial Page for Toshihide Masukawa
Feb 7, 1940 – Jul 23, 2021(81 years)Died in:Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture
Japanese theoretical physicist
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July 23rd, 2026
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Toshihide Maskawa (* February 7, 1940 in Nagoya; † July 23, 2021 in Kyoto) was a japanese theoretical physicist. He was 81 years old. He studied at Nagoya University. He received 8 awards, including Order of Culture, Nobel Prize in Physics. His cause of death was cancer.
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10 EventsBorn in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture
1940Nishina Memorial Prize
1979Sakurai Prize
1985Asahi Prize
1994Person of Cultural Merit
2001High Energy and Particle Physics Prize
2007Order of Culture
2008Nobel Prize in Physics
2008honorary doctor of the Shanghai Jiao Tong University
2011Died in Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture (cancer)
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Toshihide Masukawa. Forever remembered.