Sir Tom Kibble

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gptkb:physicist
gptkbp:advocatesFor nuclear disarmament
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_Edinburgh
gptkbp:award gptkb:Albert_Einstein_Medal
gptkb:Dirac_Medal
gptkb:Fellow_of_the_Royal_Society
gptkb:Knight_Bachelor
gptkb:Royal_Medal
gptkb:Companion_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire
gptkb:Isaac_Newton_Medal
gptkbp:birthDate 1932-12-23
gptkbp:birthName gptkb:Thomas_Walter_Bannerman_Kibble
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Madras,_British_India
gptkbp:children 3
gptkbp:citizenship gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:coauthor gptkb:Gerald_Guralnik
gptkb:Peter_Higgs
gptkb:Robert_Brout
gptkb:Carl_Richard_Hagen
gptkb:François_Englert
gptkbp:deathDate 2016-06-02
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:London,_England
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Nicholas_Kemmer
gptkbp:doctoralStudent gptkb:Abdus_Salam
gptkb:David_Olive
gptkb:John_Ellis
gptkbp:education gptkb:University_of_Edinburgh
gptkbp:field gptkb:theoretical_physics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sir Tom Kibble
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Higgs_mechanism
gptkb:Kibble-Zurek_mechanism
cosmic strings
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:American_Physical_Society
gptkb:Institute_of_Physics
gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:publishedIn Seminal 1964 paper on Higgs mechanism
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Quaker
gptkbp:residence gptkb:London,_England
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Anne_Allan
gptkbp:subjectOf biographical articles in physics journals
obituaries in major newspapers
gptkbp:title gptkb:professor
gptkbp:workInstitution gptkb:Imperial_College_London
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