Sir Peter Higgs

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:human
gptkb:physicist
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:King's_College_London
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Companion_of_Honour
gptkb:Copley_Medal
gptkb:Dirac_Medal
gptkb:Fellow_of_the_Royal_Society
gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics
gptkb:Royal_Medal
gptkb:Sakurai_Prize
gptkb:Wolf_Prize_in_Physics
gptkb:High_Energy_and_Particle_Physics_Prize
gptkb:J._J._Sakurai_Prize_for_Theoretical_Particle_Physics
gptkb:Oskar_Klein_Medal
gptkbp:birthDate 1929-05-29
gptkbp:birthName gptkb:Peter_Ware_Higgs
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Newcastle_upon_Tyne,_England
gptkbp:children 2
gptkbp:deathDate 2024-04-08
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Charles_Coulson
gptkbp:education gptkb:King's_College_London
gptkbp:field gptkb:theoretical_physics
gptkbp:honorificPrefix Sir
CH FRS FRSE
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sir Peter Higgs
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:the_Standard_Model
particle physics
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Niels_Bohr
gptkb:Paul_Dirac
gptkb:Richard_Feynman
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Higgs_boson
gptkb:Higgs_mechanism
electroweak symmetry breaking
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Institute_of_Physics
gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkb:Royal_Society_of_Edinburgh
gptkb:European_Physical_Society
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:NobelPrizeSharedWith gptkb:François_Englert
gptkbp:NobelPrizeYear 2013
gptkbp:notableStudent gptkb:Alan_Walker
gptkbp:position Professor Emeritus
gptkbp:religion atheist
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Edinburgh,_Scotland
gptkbp:signature Peter Higgs signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Jodie_Williamson
gptkbp:workInstitution gptkb:University_of_Edinburgh
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Imperial_College_London
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4