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Robert Hofstadter

American physicist and Nobel laureate (1915-1990)

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Robert Hofstadter was an American physicist. He was the joint winner of the 1961 Nobel Prize in Physics "for his pioneering studies of electron scattering in atomic nuclei and for his consequent discoveries concerning the structure of nucleons".

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Born
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Place of birth
New York City wd
Died
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Place of death
Stanford wd
Citizenship
United States wd
Occupation
physicist, nuclear physicist, university teacher, astrophysicist wd
Education
Princeton University, City College of New York, DeWitt Clinton High School wd

Awards wd

  • Guggenheim Fellowship
  • Nobel Prize in Physics (1961)
  • National Medal of Science (1986)
  • Dirac Medal for the Advancement of Physics (1987)
  • Humboldt Research Fellowship
  • Humboldt Prize
  • honorary doctorate of the Université de Clermont-Ferrand (1967)

Questions

When was Robert Hofstadter born?
Robert Hofstadter was born on 5 February 1915 in New York City.
Where did Robert Hofstadter study?
Robert Hofstadter was educated at Princeton University, City College of New York, DeWitt Clinton High School.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia (English): Robert Hofstadter · CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. Wikidata item Q130113 · CC0 1.0
  3. Image: Robert Hofstadter.jpg by Nobel foundation (Public domain)

Last updated · facts checked 15 November 2026

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