# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/benjamin-whisoh-lee
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:12:52.850Z

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name: "Benjamin Whisoh Lee"
slug: "benjamin-whisoh-lee"
description: "Benjamin Whisoh Lee, or Ben Lee, was a South Korean and American theoretical physicist. His work in theoretical particle physics exerted great influence on the development of the Standard Model in the late 20th century, especially on the renormalization of the electro-weak model and gauge theory."
tagline: "Korean-born American theoretical physicist"
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country:
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birthDate: "1935-01-01"
deathDate: "1977-06-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump