# Tejinder Virdee

> Sir Tejinder Singh Virdee,, is a Kenyan-born British experimental particle physicist and Professor of Physics at Imperial College London. He is best known for originating the concept of the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) alongside a few other colleagues and has been referred to as one of the 'founding fathers' of the project. CMS is a world-wide collaboration which started in 1991 and now has over 3500 participants from 50 countries.

*British physicist*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/tejinder-virdee

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Country:** United Kingdom
- **Born:** 1952-10-13
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 42.2 / 100
- **Momentum:** 4.2 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 7.5 / 100
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- **Source confidence:** 50.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Tejinder_Virdee)
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- [تجیندر ویرده](https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1_%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%87)
- [Tejinder Virdee](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tejinder_Virdee)
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- [Tejinder Virdee](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tejinder_Virdee)
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- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1033005)

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