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William Penney, Baron Penney

  • Gibraltar: June 24, 1909 celebration
  • East Hendred: March 3, 1991 celebration
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    William Penney, Baron Penney

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    William George Penney  

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  • celebration Date of birth

    Gibraltar: June 24, 1909  

  • deceased Rest in Peace

    East Hendred: March 3, 1991  

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  • engineering Field of Work

    1. nuclear physics
     

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  • school Education

    1. University of Groningen
    2. Gilberd School
    3. University of Cambridge
    4. University of Wisconsin–Madison
    5. Imperial College London
    6. Royal College of Science
     

  • trophy Awards & Honors

    1. Glazebrook Medal (1969)
    2. Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (1952)
    3. Order of Merit (1969)
    4. James Alfred Ewing Medal (1969)
    5. Rumford Medal (1966)
    6. Wilhelm Exner Medal (1967)
    7. Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1970)
    8. Fellow of the Royal Society (1946)
     

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    1. Particle in a one-dimensional lattice
     
  • English mathematician and physicist (1909-1991) | Glazebrook Medal (1969), Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (1952), Order of Merit (1969)

1. John Urschel

  • Winnipeg: June 24, 1991 celebration

Canadian mathematician and gridiron football player (born 1991) | Canisius High School, Pennsylvania State University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

2. Andrii Klantsa

  • June 24, 1980 celebration

Honorary Diploma of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, Honored Doctor of Ukraine, Diploma of the Verkhovna Rada | Bukovinian State Medical University

3. Eduardo Sáenz de Cabezón (Eduardo Saenz de Cabezon)

  • Logroño: June 24, 1972 celebration

math educator | University of La Rioja, Comillas Pontifical University | Logroño: June 24, 1972 - Grodzisk Mazowiecki: June 3, 1902 | Eduardo Sáenz de

4. Helma Wennemers

  • Offenbach am Main: June 24, 1969 celebration

German chemist | Inhoffen-Medaille (2017), Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2019), Vincent du Vigneaud Award (2023)

5. Inés Moisset (Ines Moisset)

  • Córdoba: June 24, 1967 celebration

Argentinian architect and docent | National University of Córdoba, IUAV University of Venice | Córdoba: June 24, 1967 - State of Mexico: January 1, 2011

6. Jiří Sgall (Jiri Sgall)

  • June 24, 1965 celebration

Ph.D. Carnegie Mellon University, 1994 | Charles University, Carnegie Mellon University | June 24, 1965 - Oak Park: March 2, 2020 | Jiří Sgall (Jiri Sgall)

7. Claudia Sheinbaum

  • Mexico City: June 24, 1962 celebration

president of Mexico since 2024 | Nobel Prize winner, BBC 100 Women (2018) | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, National Autonomous University of Mexico

8. Kristian Seip

  • June 24, 1962 celebration

Norwegian mathematician | Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (2013) | Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norwegian Institute of Technology

9. Bernt Wahl

  • June 24, 1960 celebration

American mathematician | Fulbright Scholarship | June 24, 1960 - Madrid: May 9, 1950 | Bernt Wahl | June 24, 1960 - Madrid: May 9, 1950 | Fulbright Scholarship

10. Marc Parmentier

  • Roubaix: June 24, 1959 celebration

French philosopher | École Normale Supérieure | Roubaix: June 24, 1959 - Budapest: June 8, 2000 | Marc Parmentier | Roubaix: June 24, 1959 - Budapest: June 8, 2000

11. David Abram

  • June 24, 1957 celebration

American philosopher, ecologist | Yale School of the Environment, Wesleyan University | June 24, 1957 - Haghpat Monastery: January 1, 0600 | David Abram | June

12. Vyacheslav Kunitsyn

  • Nizhny Novgorod: June 24, 1955 celebration
  • Prague: July 7, 2015 deceased

Soviet-Russian Physicist (1955-2015) | Mikhail Lomonosov Award, Medal "For Labour Valour", Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow" | MSU

13. Lars Gule

  • Oslo: June 24, 1955 celebration

Norwegian philosopher | University of Bergen Faculty of Humanities | Oslo: June 24, 1955 - Cambridge: June 26, 1688 | Lars Gule | Oslo: June 24, 1955

14. Yevgeny Zharinov

  • Moscow: June 24, 1954 celebration

Russian literary critic | Figaro Award | Moscow State Pedagogical University | Moscow: June 24, 1954 - November 13, 2023 | Yevgeny Zharinov | Moscow: June 24

15. William E. Moerner

  • Pleasanton: June 24, 1953 celebration

Nobel prize winning American chemical physicist | Wolf Prize in Chemistry (2008), Fellow of the American Physical Society, Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2014)

16. Sueli Carneiro

  • São Paulo: June 24, 1950 celebration

Brazilian philosopher and activist | Bertha Lutz Prize (2003), prix des droits de l'Homme de la République française | University of São Paulo | São Paulo

17. Janne Tüür (Janne Tuur)

  • June 24, 1949 celebration
  • January 24, 2024 deceased

Estonian physicist | University of Tartu | June 24, 1949 - January 24, 2024 | Janne Tüür (Janne Tuur) | June 24, 1949 - January 24, 2024

18. Robert Hardt

  • Pittsburgh: June 24, 1945 celebration

American mathematician | Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (2015) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Brown University | Pittsburgh: June 24

19. Michael Zinigrad

  • Bystryy Istok: June 24, 1945 celebration

Israeli physical chemist | National Metallurgical Academy of Ukraine | Bystryy Istok: June 24, 1945 - Oryol: September 10, 1941 | Michael Zinigrad | Bystryy

20. Volodymyr Chornokur

  • Mykhailivka: June 24, 1943 celebration

politician | Order of the Badge of Honour, Honored badge of merit of the President of Ukraine, Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union Prize | Kryvyi Rih

21. Roger A. Sheldon

  • Nottingham: June 24, 1942 celebration

British chemist | Fellow of the Royal Society (2015), Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry | University of Leicester | Nottingham: June 24, 1942 - Garbacz

22. Julia Kristeva

  • Sliven: June 24, 1941 celebration

Bulgarian philosopher, psychoanalyst & academic | The VIZE 97 Prize (2008), Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres (1987), Knight of the Legion of Honour (1996)

23. Su Yu-chang

  • Dongshan District: June 24, 1940 celebration
  • Santa Cruz de La Palma: April 29, 2019 deceased

Taiwanese martial artist and physician | Dongshan District: June 24, 1940 - Santa Cruz de La Palma: April 29, 2019 | Su Yu-chang | Dongshan District: June 24

24. Roger M. Spanswick

  • June 24, 1939 celebration
  • February 12, 2014 deceased

American biologist | Guggenheim Fellowship | University of Birmingham | June 24, 1939 - February 12, 2014 | Roger M. Spanswick | June 24, 1939 - February 12

25. Tomáš Lejsek (Tomas Lejsek)

  • June 24, 1937 celebration

June 24, 1937 - Apeldoorn: October 19, 1967 | Tomáš Lejsek (Tomas Lejsek) | June 24, 1937 - Apeldoorn: October 19, 1967

26. Lee Ufan

  • Seoul: June 24, 1936 celebration

contemporary artist and sculptor (1936-) | Legion of Honour, Praemium Imperiale (2001), Medal with Purple Ribbon (2002), Ho-Am Prize in the Arts, The Order of

27. Wil Heins

  • Padang: June 24, 1932 celebration
  • Rotterdam: July 1, 2014 deceased

Dutch mathematician, author and art collector | Delft University of Technology | Padang: June 24, 1932 - Rotterdam: July 1, 2014 | Wil Heins | Padang: June 24

28. Pavel Marek

  • June 24, 1932 celebration

Czech Technical University in Prague | June 24, 1932 - Röttgen: October 14, 2010 | Pavel Marek | June 24, 1932 - Röttgen: October 14, 2010 | Czech

29. George Maltese

  • Middletown: June 24, 1931 celebration
  • Middletown: October 23, 2009 deceased

American mathematician (1931-2009) | Yale University | Middletown: June 24, 1931 - Middletown: October 23, 2009 | George Maltese | Middletown: June 24, 1931

30. Pejawara Sri Vishwesha Teertha

  • Ramakunja Branch Post Office: June 24, 1931 celebration
  • December 29, 2019 deceased

Indian Hindu guru, saint and swamiji of the Sri Pejavara Adokshaja Matha (1931-2019) | Padma Vibhushan (2020) | Ramakunja Branch Post Office: June 24, 1931

31. Pierre Restany

  • Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda: June 24, 1930 celebration
  • 14th arrondissement of Paris: May 29, 2003 deceased

French art historian and critic (1930–2003) | Lycée Henri-IV | Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda: June 24, 1930 - 14th arrondissement of Paris: May 29, 2003

32. Zakhary Bogatyrenko

  • Chernihiv: June 24, 1929 celebration

Russian journalist | Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" | Moscow State University, Faculty of Law, Moscow State University

33. Erhard Kurras

  • Sovetsk: June 24, 1928 celebration
  • Falkenfels: June 10, 2005 deceased

German chemist (1928–2005) | Sovetsk: June 24, 1928 - Falkenfels: June 10, 2005 | Erhard Kurras | Sovetsk: June 24, 1928 - Falkenfels: June 10, 2005

34. Martin Lewis Perl

  • Manhattan: June 24, 1927 celebration
  • Palo Alto: September 30, 2014 deceased

American scientist (1927–2014) | Guggenheim Fellowship, Wolf Prize in Physics (1982), Nobel Prize in Physics (1995) | James Madison High School, United

35. June Biedler

  • June 24, 1925 celebration
  • April 16, 2012 deceased

American cancer researcher | AACR-G.H.A. Clowes Award for Outstanding Basic Cancer Research (1992) | Weill Cornell Medicine, Madeira School, Vassar College

36. László Fuchs (Laszlo Fuchs)

  • Budapest: June 24, 1924 celebration

mathematician | Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (2013) | Eötvös Loránd University | Budapest: June 24, 1924 - Chemnitz: May 1, 1939 | László

37. Yves Bonnefoy

  • Tours: June 24, 1923 celebration
  • 15th arrondissement of Paris: July 1, 2016 deceased

French poet and essayist, translator | Roger-Kowalski award (2011), honorary doctor of the University of Edinburgh, Franz Kafka Prize (2007), Horst Bienek

38. Jack Naylor

  • Baltimore: June 24, 1919 celebration
  • Chestnut Hill: November 26, 2007 deceased

American inventor | Baltimore: June 24, 1919 - Chestnut Hill: November 26, 2007 | Jack Naylor | Baltimore: June 24, 1919 - Chestnut Hill: November 26, 2007

39. Fred Hoyle

  • Bingley: June 24, 1915 celebration
  • Bournemouth: August 20, 2001 deceased

British astronomer (1915–2001) | Royal Society Bakerian Medal, Bruce Medal (1970), Fellow of the Royal Society (1957), Smith's Prize (1938), Richtmyer

40. Ernesto Sabato

  • Rojas: June 24, 1911 celebration
  • Santos Lugares: April 30, 2011 deceased

Argentine writer, painter and physicist (1911-2011) | Gran Premio de Honor de la SADE (1974), Menéndez Pelayo International Prize (1997), Knight of the Legion

41. Oiva Saloila

  • June 24, 1910 celebration

June 24, 1910 - Porvoo: March 11, 1931 | Oiva Saloila | June 24, 1910 - Porvoo: March 11, 1931

42. William Penney, Baron Penney

  • Gibraltar: June 24, 1909 celebration
  • East Hendred: March 3, 1991 deceased

English mathematician and physicist (1909-1991) | Glazebrook Medal (1969), Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (1952), Order of Merit (1969)

43. Artyom Alikhanian

  • Tbilisi: June 24, 1908 celebration
  • Moscow: February 25, 1978 deceased

Soviet Armenian physicist (1908-1978) | State Stalin Prize, 1st degree (1948), Stalin Prize, 2nd degree (1941), Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1968), Order

44. Bernard D. H. Tellegen

  • Winschoten: June 24, 1900 celebration
  • Eindhoven: August 30, 1990 deceased

Dutch electrical engineer and inventor (1900-1990) | IEEE Fellow, Edison Medal (1973) | Delft University of Technology | Winschoten: June 24, 1900 - Eindhoven

45. Wilhelm Cauer

  • Berlin: June 24, 1900 celebration
  • Berlin: April 22, 1945 deceased

German mathematician and scientist (1900–1945) | elliptic filter, Network synthesis | Technische Universität Berlin, University of Bonn, University of

46. Ilya Grebenshchikov

  • Saint Petersburg: June 24, 1887 celebration
  • Saint Petersburg: February 8, 1953 deceased

Russian and Soviet chemist (1887-1953) | Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Order of the Red

47. Liu Shipei

  • Yizheng: June 24, 1884 celebration
  • Beijing: November 20, 1919 deceased

Chinese scholar (1884-1919) | Yizheng: June 24, 1884 - Beijing: November 20, 1919 | Liu Shipei | Yizheng: June 24, 1884 - Beijing: November 20, 1919

48. Victor Francis Hess

  • Schloss Waldstein: June 24, 1883 celebration
  • Mount Vernon: December 17, 1964 deceased

Austrian physicist and Nobel prize laureate (1883-1964) | Lieben Prize (1919), Nobel Prize in Physics (1936), Austrian Decoration for Science and Art (1959)

49. Aarne Kuusi

  • June 24, 1881 celebration

June 24, 1881 - Haarlem: January 13, 1973 | Aarne Kuusi | June 24, 1881 - Haarlem: January 13, 1973

50. Oswald Veblen

  • Decorah: June 24, 1880 celebration
  • Brooklin: August 10, 1960 deceased

American mathematician (1880–1960) | honorary doctorate of the University of Oslo, Honorary doctor of the University of Oxford, honorary doctor of the

51. Zahari Karaoglanov

  • Shumen: June 24, 1878 celebration
  • Sofia: June 21, 1943 deceased

Bulgarian chemist (1878-1943) | Sofia University | Shumen: June 24, 1878 - Sofia: June 21, 1943 | Zahari Karaoglanov | Shumen: June 24, 1878 - Sofia: June 21, 1943

52. Jonas Mašiotas (Jonas Masiotas)

  • June 24, 1874 celebration

June 24, 1874 - Stralsund: April 19, 1656 | Jonas Mašiotas (Jonas Masiotas) | June 24, 1874 - Stralsund: April 19, 1656

53. Edwin Foster Coddington

  • Miami County: June 24, 1870 celebration
  • Columbus: December 21, 1950 deceased

American astronomer (1870–1950) | discoverer of asteroids | Ohio State University | Miami County: June 24, 1870 - Columbus: December 21, 1950 | Edwin Foster

54. Harold Murray

  • London: June 24, 1868 celebration
  • London: May 16, 1955 deceased

British chess historian (1868–1955) | Balliol College | London: June 24, 1868 - London: May 16, 1955 | Harold Murray | London: June 24, 1868 - London: May 16, 1955

55. Karl Spiro

  • Berlin: June 24, 1867 celebration
  • Strasbourg: March 21, 1932 deceased

German scientist (1867–1932) | University of Würzburg | Berlin: June 24, 1867 - Strasbourg: March 21, 1932 | Karl Spiro | Berlin: June 24, 1867

56. Emil Bosshard

  • Zurich: June 24, 1860 celebration
  • February 20, 1937 deceased

1860-1937) | Zurich: June 24, 1860 - February 20, 1937 | Emil Bosshard | Zurich: June 24, 1860 - February 20, 1937

57. Hastings Rashdall

  • London: June 24, 1858 celebration
  • Worthing: February 9, 1924 deceased

British philosopher, theologian, historian and Anglican priest (1858-1924) | Fellow of the British Academy | Harrow School, New College | London: June 24, 1858

58. Johan Christoph Gerhard Jonker

  • June 24, 1857 celebration
  • June 26, 1919 deceased

Indonesian scientist | Leiden University | June 24, 1857 - June 26, 1919 | Johan Christoph Gerhard Jonker | June 24, 1857 - June 26, 1919

59. John Augustus Voelcker

  • June 24, 1854 celebration
  • November 6, 1937 deceased

English agricultural chemist (1854-1937) | June 24, 1854 - November 6, 1937 | John Augustus Voelcker | June 24, 1854 - November 6, 1937

60. Brooks Adams

  • Quincy: June 24, 1848 celebration
  • Boston: February 13, 1927 deceased

American political writer (1848-1927) | Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences | Harvard Law School (1871), Harvard University | Quincy: June 24

61. Karel Domalíp (Karel Domalip)

  • Kosmonosy: June 24, 1846 celebration
  • New Town: November 19, 1909 deceased

Czech physicist | Kosmonosy: June 24, 1846 - New Town: November 19, 1909 | Karel Domalíp (Karel Domalip) | Kosmonosy: June 24, 1846 - New Town: November 19, 1909

62. Ivan Gi͡uzelev (Ivan Giuzelev)

  • June 24, 1844 celebration

June 24, 1844 - Sofia: July 14, 2003 | Ivan Gi͡uzelev (Ivan Giuzelev) | June 24, 1844 - Sofia: July 14, 2003

63. Ivan Branislav Zoch

  • Jasenová: June 24, 1843 celebration
  • Modra: December 27, 1921 deceased

Slovak physicist and teacher (1843-1921) | Jasenová: June 24, 1843 - Modra: December 27, 1921 | Ivan Branislav Zoch | Jasenová: June 24, 1843 - Modra

64. Émile Duclaux (Emile Duclaux)

  • Aurillac: June 24, 1840 celebration
  • 7th arrondissement of Paris: May 3, 1904 deceased

French microbiologist and chemist (1840-1904) | Officer of the Legion of Honour (1888), Commander of the Order of Agricultural Merit (1900), Knight of the

65. Pedro Ruiz Gallo

  • Eten District: June 24, 1838 celebration
  • Callao: April 24, 1880 deceased

Peruvian militaiiiy (1838-1880) | Eten District: June 24, 1838 - Callao: April 24, 1880 | Pedro Ruiz Gallo | Eten District: June 24, 1838 - Callao: April 24, 1880

66. Johannes Wislicenus

  • Querfurt: June 24, 1835 celebration
  • Leipzig: December 5, 1902 deceased

German chemist known for his work in early stereochemistry | Davy Medal (1898), Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1897) | University of Zurich, Martin

67. Charles William Lancaster

  • London: June 24, 1820 celebration
  • London: April 24, 1878 deceased

British gunsmith | London: June 24, 1820 - London: April 24, 1878 | Charles William Lancaster | London: June 24, 1820 - London: April 24, 1878

68. François Stanislas Cloëz (Francois Stanislas Cloez)

  • Ors: June 24, 1817 celebration
  • Paris: October 12, 1883 deceased

French chemist | Knight of the Legion of Honour (1866), Jecker Prize (1877) | École supérieure de pharmacie de Paris | Ors: June 24, 1817 - Paris: October 12, 1883

69. Stanislaw Rzewuski

  • June 24, 1806 celebration

June 24, 1806 - Marennes: June 25, 1770 | Stanislaw Rzewuski | June 24, 1806 - Marennes: June 25, 1770

70. Edward Turner

  • Jamaica: June 24, 1798 celebration
  • London: February 12, 1837 deceased

British chemist (1798-1837) | Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Fellow of the Royal Society | University of Göttingen, University of Edinburgh

71. Ernst Heinrich Weber

  • Lutherstadt Wittenberg: June 24, 1795 celebration
  • Leipzig: January 26, 1878 deceased

German psychologist (1795–1878) | Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order, Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1862) | Leipzig University, Martin Luther

72. Thomas Blanchard

  • Sutton: June 24, 1788 celebration
  • Springfield: April 16, 1864 deceased

American inventor | Machine Tool Hall of Fame (2004), National Inventors Hall of Fame (2006) | Sutton: June 24, 1788 - Springfield: April 16, 1864 | Thomas

73. Éleuthère Irénée du Pont (Eleuthere Irenee du Pont)

  • Paris: June 24, 1771 celebration
  • Greenville: October 31, 1834 deceased

French-American chemist | Paris: June 24, 1771 - Greenville: October 31, 1834 | Éleuthère Irénée du Pont - Éleuthère Irénée du Pont de Nemours

74. Albrecht Berblinger

  • Ulm: June 24, 1770 celebration
  • Ulm: January 28, 1829 deceased

German aviation pioneer | Ulm: June 24, 1770 - Ulm: January 28, 1829 | Albrecht Berblinger | Ulm: June 24, 1770 - Ulm: January 28, 1829

75. Johann Andreas Scherer

  • Prague: June 24, 1755 celebration
  • Vienna: April 10, 1844 deceased

Austrian chemist and botanist (1755-1844) | University of Vienna, Charles University | Prague: June 24, 1755 - Vienna: April 10, 1844 | Johann Andreas Scherer

76. Georg Ignatz Metzburg

  • Graz: June 24, 1735 celebration
  • Vienna: May 3, 1798 deceased

Austrian mathematician | Graz: June 24, 1735 - Vienna: May 3, 1798 | Georg Ignatz Metzburg | Graz: June 24, 1735 - Vienna: May 3, 1798

77. Johann Ernst Basilius Wiedeburg

  • Jena: June 24, 1733 celebration
  • Jena: January 1, 1789 deceased

German astronomer and physicist | University of Erlangen–Nuremberg | Jena: June 24, 1733 - Jena: January 1, 1789 | Johann Ernst Basilius Wiedeburg | Jena

78. Ludovico Barbieri

  • Vicenza: June 24, 1719 celebration
  • Vicenza: September 19, 1791 deceased

Philosopher from Italy (1719-1791) | Vicenza: June 24, 1719 - Vicenza: September 19, 1791 | Ludovico Barbieri | Vicenza: June 24, 1719 - Vicenza: September 19, 1791

79. Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens

  • Aix-en-Provence: June 24, 1704 celebration
  • Toulon: January 11, 1771 deceased

French philosopher and writer (1704-1771) | Aix-en-Provence: June 24, 1704 - Toulon: January 11, 1771 | Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens (abbé

80. Matthias Hafenreffer

  • Lorch: June 24, 1561 celebration
  • Tübingen: October 22, 1619 deceased

German orthodox Lutheran theologian (1561-1619) | University of Tübingen | Lorch: June 24, 1561 - Tübingen: October 22, 1619 | Matthias Hafenreffer | Lorch

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