John Polchinski

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/John_Polchinski

GPTKB entity

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gptkbp:birthDate	1954-05-16
gptkbp:deathDate	2018-02-02
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	John Polchinski
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gptkbp:spouse	Dorothy Chun
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