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Conyers Herring

American physicist (1914-2009) · United States · On the map · Scientists · Died at 94

William Conyers Herring was an American physicist. He was a professor of applied physics at Stanford University and the Wolf Prize in Physics recipient in 1984/5.

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2009Died23 July 20091985Wolf Prize in PhysicsAward1980NAS Award for Scientific ReviewingAwardVon Hippel AwardAward1959Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter PrizeAward1914Born15 November 1914

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Wolf Prize in Physics1985
NAS Award for Scientific Reviewing1980
Von Hippel Award1980
Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize1959
Fellow of the American Physical Society

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Country
United States
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1914 to 2009 · aged 94