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David Thouless

British physicist (1934–2019)

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David James Thouless was a British condensed-matter physicist. He was awarded the 1990 Wolf Prize and a laureate of the 2016 Nobel Prize for physics along with F. Duncan M. Haldane and J. Michael Kosterlitz for theoretical discoveries of topological phase transitions and topological phases of matter.

Quick facts

Born
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Place of birth
Bearsden wd
Died
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Place of death
Cambridge wd
Citizenship
United Kingdom, United States wd
Occupation
physicist, university teacher, nuclear physicist wd
Education
Trinity Hall, Cornell University, Clare Hall wd

Awards wd

  • Fellow of the Royal Society
  • Holweck Prize (1980)
  • Fritz London Award (1984)
  • Wolf Prize in Physics (1990)
  • Nobel Prize in Physics (2016)
  • IOP Dirac Medal (1993)
  • Fellow of the American Physical Society
  • Maxwell Medal and Prize (1973)
  • Lars Onsager Prize (2000)

Questions

When was David Thouless born?
David Thouless was born on 21 September 1934 in Bearsden.
Where did David Thouless study?
David Thouless was educated at Trinity Hall, Cornell University, Clare Hall.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia (English): David Thouless · CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. Wikidata item Q726394 · CC0 1.0
  3. Image: DavidThouless 1995 UW.jpg by Mary Levin (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Last updated · facts checked 5 November 2026

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