Luis Walter Alvarez

American experimental physicist, inventor, and professor (1911–1988)

Wikidata entity: Q178344

Wikimedia Commons category is Luis W. Alvarez

P569 (date of birth): 1911-06-13 | P570 (date of death): 1988-09-01 | P509 (cause of death): Q47912 (lung cancer) | P1196 (manner of death): Q12136 (disease)



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P512 academic degree ... Q752297 (Doctor of Philosophy) Doctor of Philosophy
P512 academic degree ... Q787674 (Bachelor of Science) Bachelor of Science
P512 academic degree ... Q950900 (Master of Science) Master of Science
P1416 affiliation ... Q379848 (Los Alamos National Laboratory) Los Alamos National Laboratory
P1416 affiliation ... Q17379467 (Radiation Laboratory of the University of California) Radiation Laboratory of the University of California
P1416 affiliation ... Q3433335 (Metallurgical Laboratory) Metallurgical Laboratory
P1416 affiliation ... Q4354699 (Radiation Laboratory) Radiation Laboratory
P166 award received ... Q38104 (Nobel Prize in Physics) Nobel Prize in Physics
P166 award received ... Q577432 (Albert Einstein Award) Albert Einstein Award
P166 award received ... Q737051 (National Medal of Science) National Medal of Science
P166 award received ... Q931545 (Enrico Fermi Award) Enrico Fermi Award
P166 award received ... Q3332215 (John Scott Award) John Scott Award
P166 award received ... Q1307005 (Medal for Merit) Medal for Merit
P166 award received ... Q1366018 (National Inventors Hall of Fame) National Inventors Hall of Fame
P166 award received ... Q1109489 (Collier Trophy) Collier Trophy
P166 award received ... Q17379516 (California Scientist of the Year) California Scientist of the Year
P166 award received ... Q6837331 (Michelson–Morley Award) Michelson–Morley Award
P166 award received ... Q52382875 (Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences) Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
P166 award received ... Q54107107 (honorary doctor of Carnegie-Mellon University) honorary doctor of Carnegie-Mellon University
P166 award received ... Q63072267 (honorary doctor of the University of Chicago) honorary doctor of the University of Chicago
P166 award received ... Q28663097 (Golden Plate Award) Golden Plate Award
P166 award received ... Q41955909 (Fellow of the American Physical Society) Fellow of the American Physical Society
P166 award received ... Q50621510 (honorary doctorate of the Autonomous University of Madrid) honorary doctorate of the Autonomous University of Madrid
P40 child ... Q555781 (Walter Alvarez) Walter Alvarez
P373 Commons category String Luis W. Alvarez ???
P27 country of citizenship ... Q30 (United States) United States
P1343 described by source ... Q17378135 (Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)) Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)
P1343 described by source ... Q126178049 (Physicists: Biographical Dictionary) Physicists: Biographical Dictionary
P1343 described by source ... Q123560817 (Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1) Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1
P1889 different from ... Q395902 (Luis Álvarez) Luis Álvarez
P184 doctoral advisor ... Q127944 (Arthur Holly Compton) Arthur Holly Compton
P185 doctoral student ... Q513559 (Richard A. Muller) Richard A. Muller
P185 doctoral student ... Q15966754 (Lawrence H. Johnston) Lawrence H. Johnston
P69 educated at ... Q131252 (University of Chicago) University of Chicago
P69 educated at ... Q7414091 (San Francisco Polytechnic High School) San Francisco Polytechnic High School
P108 employer ... Q168756 (University of California, Berkeley) University of California, Berkeley
P734 family name ... Q25261946 (Alvarez) Alvarez
P22 father ... Q4063426 (Walter C. Alvarez) Walter C. Alvarez
P101 field of work ... Q413 (physics) physics
P735 given name ... Q499249 (Walter) Walter
P735 given name ... Q2598693 (Luis) Luis
P31 instance of ... Q5 (human) human
P2650 interested in ... Q413 (physics) physics
P1412 languages spoken, written or signed ... Q1860 (English) English
P463 member of ... Q270794 (National Academy of Sciences) National Academy of Sciences
P463 member of ... Q463303 (American Academy of Arts and Sciences) American Academy of Arts and Sciences
P463 member of ... Q466089 (American Philosophical Society) American Philosophical Society
P463 member of ... Q466113 (American Physical Society) American Physical Society
P463 member of ... Q839363 (JASON) JASON
P463 member of ... Q1493021 (National Academy of Engineering) National Academy of Engineering
P1559 name in native language Monolingualtext Luis Walter Alvarez ???
P1411 nominated for ... Q38104 (Nobel Prize in Physics) Nobel Prize in Physics
P106 occupation ... Q205375 (inventor) inventor
P106 occupation ... Q169470 (physicist) physicist
P106 occupation ... Q1622272 (university teacher) university teacher
P106 occupation ... Q16742096 (nuclear physicist) nuclear physicist
P1344 participant in ... Q127050 (Manhattan Project) Manhattan Project
P19 place of birth ... Q62 (San Francisco) San Francisco
P20 place of death ... Q484678 (Berkeley) Berkeley
P39 position held ... Q1255921 (president) president
P39 position held ... Q1622272 (university teacher) university teacher
P21 sex or gender ... Q6581097 (male) male
P109 signature CommonsMedia http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Luis%20Alvarez%20signature.jpg ???
P26 spouse ... Q109335937 (Geraldine Smithwick) Geraldine Smithwick
P26 spouse ... Q109335938 (Janet L. Landis) Janet L. Landis

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