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James Cronin

American physicist · United States · On the map · Scientists · Lived 1931 to 2016 · aged 84

James Watson Cronin was an American particle physicist.

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2016Died25 August 20162009Honorary Doctorate of the University of Santiago de CompostelaAward2007Foreign Member of the Royal SocietyAward1999National Medal of ScienceAward1998Honorary Doctor of the Marie and Louis Pasteur UniversityAward1994Doctor Honoris Causa from the Pierre and Marie Curie UniversityAward1980Nobel Prize in PhysicsAward1976Ernest Orlando Lawrence AwardAwardJohn Price Wetherill MedalAward1931Born29 September 1931

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Honorary Doctorate of the University of Santiago de Compostela2009
Foreign Member of the Royal Society2007
National Medal of Science1999
Honorary Doctor of the Marie and Louis Pasteur University1998
Doctor Honoris Causa from the Pierre and Marie Curie University1994
Nobel Prize in Physics1980
John Price Wetherill Medal1976
Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award1976
Fellow of the American Physical Society
Guggenheim Fellowship

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Country
United States
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
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Lived 1931 to 2016 · aged 84

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