John Barrow | |
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 Barrow in 2012 | |
| Born | 29 November 1952 London, England |
| Died | 26 September 2020 (aged 67) |
| Alma mater | Van Mildert College, Durham (BSc) Magdalen College, Oxford (DPhil) |
| Awards | Italgas Prize (2003) Templeton Prize (2006) Michael Faraday Prize (2008) Kelvin Prize (2009) Zeeman Medal, London Mathematical Society and IMA (2011) IOP Dirac Medal (2015) Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (2016), Giuseppe Occhialini Medal and Prize (2019) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics Astronomy Mathematics Popular science |
| Institutions | University of Cambridge Gresham College University of California, Berkeley University of Oxford University of Sussex |
| Thesis | Non-Uniform Cosmological Models (1977) |
| Doctoral advisor | Dennis William Sciama[1] |
| Doctoral students | Peter Coles David Wands[1] |
John David Barrow FRS[2] (29 November 1952 – 26 September 2020) was an English cosmologist, theoretical physicist, and mathematician. He served as Gresham Professor of Geometry at Gresham College from 2008 to 2011.[3] Barrow was also a writer of popular science and an amateur playwright.[4]
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- ^ "DAMTP Professor John Barrow". www.damtp.cam.ac.uk.
- ^ Marcus de Sautoy (5 November 2003). "To infinity and beyond". The Guardian.