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Arno Allan Penzias

German-born American physicist

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Arno Allan Penzias was an American physicist and radio astronomer. He shared the 1978 Nobel Prize in Physics with Robert Woodrow Wilson "for their discovery of cosmic microwave background radiation".

Quick facts

Born
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Place of birth
Munich wd
Died
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Place of death
San Francisco wd
Citizenship
Germany, statelessness wd
Occupation
astronomer, physicist wd
Education
Columbia University, City College of New York, Brooklyn Technical High School wd

Awards wd

  • Nobel Prize in Physics (1978)
  • Harold Pender Award (1991)
  • Henry Draper Medal (1977)
  • Herschel Medal (1977)
  • Fellow of the American Physical Society (1975)
  • IRI Medal (1998)
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • George E. Pake Prize (1990)
  • Karl G. Jansky Lectureship (1983)
  • honorary doctorate of Paris Observatory, PSL University (1976)

Questions

When was Arno Allan Penzias born?
Arno Allan Penzias was born on 26 April 1933 in Munich.
Where did Arno Allan Penzias study?
Arno Allan Penzias was educated at Columbia University, City College of New York, Brooklyn Technical High School.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia (English): Arno Allan Penzias · CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. Wikidata item Q172877 · CC0 1.0
  3. Image: 32. Tagung 1982 Physiker; Beim Studentenabend Arno A. Penzias - W134Nr.119142 - Willy Pragher (cropped).jpg by Willy Pragher (CC BY 3.0 de)

Last updated · facts checked 5 November 2026

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