Walter Kohn American physicist
Walter Kohn is a 93 years old American physicist from Vienna. Walter Kohn was born on March 09, 1923 (died on April 19, 2016, he was 93 years old) in Vienna as Walter Kohn.
About
No, he died on 04/19/2016, 8 years ago. He was 93 years old when he died. Cause of death: laryngeal cancer. He died in Santa Barbara
Family
His father Salomon Kohn and Salomon Kohn was 98 years old when Walter born. His father was an Austrian writer.
Parents
Mother: (?)
Father: Salomon Kohn
Awards (17)
Awarded honorary doctorate of the Weizmann Institute in 1996 , awarded Three Physicists Prize in 2001 , awarded UNESCO Niels Bohr Medal in 1997 , awarded honorary doctor of Harvard University in 2011 , awarded Foreign Member of the Royal Society in 1997 ,
Education
He graduated from Harvard University and University Of Toronto
What was Walter's zodiac sign?Walter Kohn zodiac sign was pisces.
Other facts about Walter Kohn
| AlmaMater | Harvard University, University of Toronto |
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| Award | Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize, Nobel Prize in Chemistry |
| Birth name | Walter Kohn |
| KnownFor | Density functional theory |
| Nationality | United States |
| Member of | Royal Society , point in time: 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z |
| Given name | Walter |
| Family name | Kohn. Show people with the surname Kohn |
| Employer | University Of California, Santa Barbara |
| Place of birth | Vienna |
| Date of death | 2016-04-19T00:00:00Z |
| Erdős number | 3 |
| Academic degree | Doctor Of Philosophy |
| Togolese | United States Of America |
| Place of death | Santa Barbara |
| Cause of death | Laryngeal Cancer |
| Student of | Julian Schwinger |
| Field of work | Theoretical Physics |
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| Doctoral advisor | Julian Schwinger |
| Exact match | Http://data.nobelprize.org/resource/laureate/290 |
| Doctoral student | Vinay Ambegaokar |
