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Abdus Salam

Mohammad Abdus Salam

Theoretical physicist, and Nobel Prize in Physics recipient.

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Occupation

University Teacher
Theoretical Physicist
Physicist

Place of Birth

Jhang

Place of Death

Oxford
Country
:
United Kingdom

Country of Citizenship

British Raj
 (1926 - 1947)
Start Time
: 1926
End Time
: 1947
Pakistan
 (1947 - 1996)
Start Time
: 1947
End Time
: 1996

Date of Death

11/21/1996

Award Received

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Atoms for Peace Award
Fellow of the Royal Society
Pride of Performance
Copley Medal
 (1990)
Award Rationale
: In recognition of his work on the symmetries of the laws of nature, and especially the unification of the electromagnetic and weak forces.
Point in Time
: 1990
Royal Medal
 (1978)
Point in Time
: 1978
Nobel Prize in Physics
 (1979)
Award Rationale
: for their contributions to the theory of the unified weak and electromagnetic interaction between elementary particles, including, inter alia, the prediction of the weak neutral current
Award Rationale
: för deras insatser inom teorin för förenad svag och elektromagnetisk växelverkan mellan elementar partiklar, innefattande bl.a. förutsägelsen av den svaga neutrala strömmen
Together With
:
Sheldon Glashow
Together With
:
Steven Weinberg
For Work
:
Weinberg-Salam Theory
Point in Time
: 1979
Prize Money
: 266,666 Swedish krona
Lomonosov Gold Medal
 (1983)
Point in Time
: 1983
Hughes Medal
 (1964)
Point in Time
: 1964
Matteucci Medal
 (1978)
Point in Time
: 1978
Honorary Doctors of Ghent University
 (3/18/1988)
Point in Time
: 3/18/1988
Catalonia International Prize
 (1990)
Point in Time
: 1990
TWAS Fellow
National Order of Scientific Merit
J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial Prize
 (1971)
Point in Time
: 1971
Nishan-E-Pakistan
Sitara-I-Imtiaz
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Honorary Doctor of the University of Gothenburg
Honorary Doctorate From the University of Cambridge
Honorary Doctor of the University of Edinburgh
Marcel Grossmann Award
 (1985)
Point in Time
: 1985
Fellow of the American Physical Society
Honorary Doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense
 (1983)
Point in Time
: 1983
Royal Society Bakerian Medal
 (1980)
Point in Time
: 1980
Maxwell Medal and Prize
 (1962)
Point in Time
: 1962
Adams Prize
 (1958)
Point in Time
: 1958
Fellow of Bangladesh Academy of Sciences
Fellow of Pakistan Academy of Sciences
Guthrie Medal and Prize
 (1976)
Point in Time
: 1976
Honorary Doctor of the University of Science and Technology of China
 (1986)
Point in Time
: 1986
Associate Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences
 (1987)
Point in Time
: 1987
Grand Cross of the Order of Excellence
Order of Independence
Honorary Doctor of Istanbul University
Honorary Doctor of the University of Exeter
John Torrence Tate Medal
 (1978)
Point in Time
: 1978
Royal Society Bakerian Medal
Edinburgh Medal
 (1989)
Point in Time
: 1989
Great Cross of the National Order of Scientific Merit

Date of Birth

1/29/1926

Instance Of

Human

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Cause of Death

Progressive Supranuclear Palsy

Educated At

Government College University
Academic Degree
:
Bachelor of Arts
University of the Punjab
Academic Degree
:
Master of Arts
St John's College
Academic Degree
:
Doctor of Philosophy
Sanatan Dharma College

Member Of

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Royal Society
Pontifical Academy of Sciences
Academy of Sciences of the USSR
 (1971 - )
Subject Has Role
:
Foreign Member
Start Time
: 1971
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Hungarian Academy of Sciences
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Russian Academy of Sciences
Indian National Science Academy
Accademia Nazionale Delle Scienze Detta Dei XL
The World Academy of Sciences
National Academy of Sciences
 (1979 - )
Subject Has Role
:
Foreign Associate of the National Academy of Sciences
Start Time
: 1979
Polish Academy of Sciences
Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission
Edward Bouchet Abdus Salam Institute

Employer

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Imperial College London
Ministry of Science and Technology
Government College University
 (1951 - 1954)
Start Time
: 1951
End Time
: 1954
St John's College
 (1954 - 1957)
Start Time
: 1954
End Time
: 1957
International Centre for Theoretical Physics
University of Chicago
University of Cambridge
Columbia University
University of Karachi
University of Houston
University of the Punjab

Doctoral Advisor

Nicholas Kemmer
Paul Taunton Matthews

Manner of Death

Natural Causes

Described by Source

Obálky Knih
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Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, Vol. 10
Page(s)
:116
Physicists: Biographical Dictionary
Page(s)
:242

Spouse

Louise Johnson

Given Name

Muhammad
Abdus

Nominated For

Nobel Prize in Physics
 (1958)
Point in Time
: 1958
Nobel Prize in Physics
 (1966)
Point in Time
: 1966

Field of Work

Quantum Field Theory

Religion or Worldview

Ahmadiyya
Reason for Preferred Rank
:
Most Precise Value
Islam

Sex or Gender

Male

Student

Jonathan Ashmore
Faheem Hussain
Abdul Hameed Nayyar

Influenced By

Paul Dirac

Languages Spoken, Written or Signed

Punjabi
Urdu
English

Academic Degree

Doctor of Philosophy

Name in Native Language

محمد عبد السلام
Writing System
:
Shahmukhi
Unnamed
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Family Name

Salam

Number of Children

6

Interested In

Theoretical Physics
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