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Harvey Brooks
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Harvey Brooks (1915–2004) was an American physicist and university teacher. Born in Cleveland, he was educated at Harvard University and Yale University. Brooks served as faculty at Harvard University, where he supervised doctoral students including David Adler and Alan Fowler. His academic advisor was John Hasbrouck Van Vleck.
Brooks received the Guggenheim Fellowship, the Philip Hauge Abelson Prize, and the Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award. He was a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the American Philosophical Society. His work is recognized in the American Academy Arts Sciences collection.
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- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Brooks
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Cleveland
- Occupation
- physicist
- Educated at
- Yale University
- Employer
- Harvard University
- Doctoral advisor
- John Hasbrouck Van Vleck
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- date of death
- 2004-05-28
- date of birth
- 1915-08-05
- member of
- American Philosophical Society
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