John D. Barrow

John Barrow
Barrow in 2012
Born(1952-11-29)29 November 1952
London, England
Died26 September 2020(2020-09-26) (aged 67)
Alma materVan Mildert College, Durham (BSc)
Magdalen College, Oxford (DPhil)
AwardsItalgas 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
FieldsPhysics
Astronomy
Mathematics
Popular science
InstitutionsUniversity of Cambridge
Gresham College
University of California, Berkeley
University of Oxford
University of Sussex
ThesisNon-Uniform Cosmological Models (1977)
Doctoral advisorDennis William Sciama[1]
Doctoral studentsPeter 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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  2. ^ Ellis, George F. R. (2022). "John David Barrow. 29 November 1952 – 26 September 2020". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 73: 41–63. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2022.0007. S2CID 250458975.
  3. ^ "DAMTP Professor John Barrow". www.damtp.cam.ac.uk.
  4. ^ Marcus de Sautoy (5 November 2003). "To infinity and beyond". The Guardian.