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Also known as Brian E. Cox

English physicist and musician

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Brian Edward Cox is a British physicist, university teacher, musician, and television presenter. Born in Oldham, Lancashire, England, in 1968, he holds United Kingdom citizenship. He works at the University of Manchester and was educated at both the University of Manchester and the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology. His professional fields include particle physics, physics, and electronic keyboard performance.

Cox is a member of the Royal Society and has received several awards, including the Officer of the Order of the British Empire, the Commander of the Order of the British Empire, the Kelvin Prize, and the Michael Faraday Prize. He is known for his notable work *Wonders of the Solar System*. He resides in Battersea and has four children. Cox identifies as an atheist and speaks English as his native language.

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Oldham, Lancashire, England, UK

Brian Edward Cox, OBE, is a British particle physicist, a Royal Society University Research Fellow and a professor at the University of Manchester. He is a member of the High Energy Physics group at the University of Manchester, and works on the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN, near Geneva, Switzerland. He is working on the R&D project of the FP420 experiment in an…

Known for

  • 100 Questions with Tom Simons — Self2026
  • A Symphonic Odyssey with Professor Brian Cox — Self - Presenter2024
  • Curious People: An Incomplete History of Nine Lessons & Compendium2024
  • Cunk on Life — Self2024
  • Solar System — Self - Presenter2024
  • Brian Cox: Seven Days on Mars2022
  • Life's Big Questions — Self2022
  • Brian Cox's Adventures in Space and Time — Self - Presenter2021
  • Universe — Self - Presenter2021
  • Paul O'Grady's Saturday Night Line Up — Self - Guest2021

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Key facts

Born
( 1968-03-03 ) 3 March 1968 (age 58) , Oldham , England
Education
University of Manchester ( BSc , PhD )
Occupations
Physicist, musician
Known for
Why Does E=mc ? The Quantum Universe Wonders of Life Wonders of the Universe Wonders of the Solar System The Planets Human Universe Stargazing Live
Spouse
Gia Milinovich ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2003 ) ​
Awards
Kelvin Prize (2010) Michael Faraday Prize (2012) University Research Fellow (2005)
Fields
Particle physics
Institutions
University of Manchester CERN DESY
Thesis
Double diffraction dissociation at large momentum transfer (1998)
Doctoral advisor
Robin Marshall
Doctoral students
Tamsin Edwards
Instrument
Keyboards
Formerly of
Dare , D Ream
Website
apolloschildren .com

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Edward
Family name
Cox
Gender
male
Citizenship
United Kingdom
Place of birth
Oldham
Occupation
voice actor
Languages spoken
English language
Native language
English language
Religion
atheism
Doctoral student
Tamsin Edwards
Field of work
electronic keyboard
Official website
briancoxlive.co.uk
Image
Professor Brian Cox OBE FRS.jpg
Number of children
4
Residence
Battersea
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Commons category
Brian Cox (physicist)
date of birth
1968-03-03
birth name
Brian Edward Cox
member of
Royal Society
social media followers
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