Roger Penrose British mathematician and writer
Roger Penrose is a 93 years old British mathematician and writer from Colchester, England. He was born on August 08, 1931 in Colchester, England. His nickname is Penrose Sir Roger.
About
Yes, Roger Penrose is still alive Last check: 4 years ago
Family
His mother is Margaret Leathes and his father is Lionel Penrose. His mother died at the age of (Roger was 57 years old). and Lionel Penrose was 33 years old when Roger born. His father was a British academic.
Parents
Wives
Roger Penrose had two marriages.
Joan Isabel Wedge
He married with Joan Isabel Wedge in 1959. Roger Penrose was 27 years old. After 22 years, they break up in 1981.
Vanessa Thomas
Penrose married with Vanessa Thomas in 1988. Roger Penrose was 56 years old. Married for 37 years, 1 month.
Siblings
Roger Penrose has 3 siblings. Oliver (2 years older) , Shirley (13 years younger) , and Chess player Jonathan (2 years younger)
Works
Roger Penrose Movies (1)
There is 1 movie of Roger Penrose.
His first feature film was Stephen Hawking and The Theory of Everything (2009, as Himself). He was 77 when he starred in this movie.
Awards (25)
Awarded Commander of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland , awarded Albert Einstein Medal , awarded Naylor Prize and Lectureship , awarded Fonseca Prize in 2010 , awarded Copley Medal in 2007 ,
Education
He graduated from St John's College and University College London
What is Roger's zodiac sign?Roger Penrose zodiac sign is leo.
When is Penrose's next birthday?
Roger Penrose was born on the , which was a Saturday. He will be turning 94 in only 188 days from today (01 February, 2025).
Other facts about Roger Penrose
Alias | Penrose Sir Roger |
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AlmaMater | University of Cambridge |
Award | Dirac Prize, Copley Medal, Wolf Prize |
KnownFor | Cosmic censorship hypothesis, Spacetime, Moore–Penrose pseudoinverse, Contributors to general relativity, Penrose interpretation, Penrose tiling, Penrose stairs, Orchestrated objective reduction, Twistor theory, Penrose graphical notation, Weyl curvature hypothesi |
Influenced by | Dennis W. Sciama |
Doctoral student | Tim Poston |
Employer | King's College London |
Noble title | Knight Bachelor |
Field of work | Physics |
Family name | Penrose. Show people with the surname Penrose |
Student of | J. A. Todd |
Member of | Humanists UK |
Honorific prefix | Sir |
Erdős number | 3 |
PhilPeople profile | Roger-penrose |
Country of citizenship | United Kingdom |
Name in native language | Roger Penrose |
Religion | Atheism |
Doctoral advisor | J. A. Todd |
Languages spoken, written or signed | English |
Academic degree | Doctor Of Science , point in time: 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z , educated at: University of Bath |
Twitter username | @RogerPenrosePhy. Roger Penrose official Twitter page , Twitter user numeric ID: 2856884985 , number of subscribers: 1894 , number of subscribers: 1067 , point in time: 2020-04-27T00:00:00Z , start time: 2014-11-02T00:00:00Z |
Given name | Roger , series ordinal: 1 |