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Helen Thom Edwards (1936–2016) was an American physicist and engineer born in Detroit. She worked in the field of accelerator physics and was employed by Fermilab. Edwards was educated at Cornell University and spoke English. She was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering.
Her professional achievements included receiving the MacArthur Fellows Program award, the National Medal of Technology and Innovation, the Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award, and the Robert R. Wilson Prize. She is recognized in the American Academy Arts Sciences collection and the Macarthur Fellows collection.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Helen
- Family name
- Edwards
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Detroit
- Occupation
- engineer
- Educated at
- Cornell University
- Employer
- Fermilab
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- accelerator physics
- Image
- Helen Edwards 83-0834-04.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1936-05-27
- member of
- National Academy of Engineering
- date of death
- 2016-06-21
- name in native language
- Helen T. Edwards
- birth name
- Helen Thom Edwards
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