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David Sidney Drell (1926–2016) was an American physicist and teacher. Born in Atlantic City, he worked in particle physics, quantum electrodynamics, and nuclear weapons. He was employed by SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University. Drell received his education at Princeton University and the University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign. His doctoral advisor was Sidney Dancoff.
He was a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Academia Europaea, and the American Philosophical Society. Drell was recognized in the American Academy Arts Sciences, Macarthur Fellows, and National Medal of Science collections. He received the MacArthur Fellows Program award, the National Medal of Science, the Rumford Prize, and the Leo Szilard Lectureship Award. He died in Palo Alto.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- David
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Atlantic City
- Place of death
- Palo Alto
- Occupation
- teacher
- Employer
- Stanford University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Doctoral advisor
- Sidney Dancoff
- Doctoral student
- Michael Creutz
- Field of work
- nuclear weapon
- Image
- Sidney Drell.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1926-09-13
- member of
- American Physical Society
- date of death
- 2016-12-21
- Commons category
- Sidney Drell
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