Herbert Friedman (1916–2000)

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1916-06-21

Date of death

2000-09-09

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Brooklyn, New York, USA

Place of death

Arlington, Virginia, USA

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Arlington, Virginia, USA

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Brooklyn College (BS | Physics 1936)

Johns Hopkins University (PhD 1940)

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National Academy of Sciences

American Philosophical Society

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Eddington Medal (1964)

National Medal of Science (Physical Sciences, 1968)

Henry Norris Russell Lectureship (1983)

William Bowie Medal

Wolf Prize (Physics ∙ 1987)

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