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Theodore Maiman
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American physicist/Inventor of first working laser
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Theodore Maiman was an American physicist born in Los Angeles in 1927. He was educated at Stanford University and the University of Colorado Boulder. His professional career included positions at Northeastern University and the Hughes Aircraft Company. He studied under Willis Lamb and worked in the field of physics.
Maiman received several awards, including the Stuart Ballantine Medal, the Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize, the Wolf Prize in Physics, and the R. W. Wood Prize. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Physics and was a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering. He is also recognized in the National Inventors Hall Of Fame collection.
He died in Vancouver in 2007 from mastocytosis, a natural cause. Maiman spoke English.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Theodore
- Family name
- Maiman
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles
- Place of death
- Vancouver
- Occupation
- physicist
- Educated at
- University of Colorado Boulder
- Employer
- Hughes Aircraft Company
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Japan Prize
- Doctoral advisor
- Willis Lamb
- Student of
- Willis Lamb
- Field of work
- physics
- Image
- Maiman with the first laser.jpg
Show 9 more facts
- date of birth
- 1927-07-11
- date of death
- 2007-05-05
- member of
- National Academy of Engineering
- Commons category
- Theodore Maiman
- nominated for
- Nobel Prize in Physics
- Commons Creator page
- Theodore Maiman
- cause of death
- mastocytosis
- manner of death
- natural causes
- interested in
- physics
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