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Clifford Surko

American physicist
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Facts

11 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[11]
Date of birth
October 11, 1941
Date of death
December 7, 2024
Place of birth
Sacramento
Country of citizenship
United States[5]
Occupation
physicist
Employer
University of California, San Diego, Bell Labs[6][7]
Award received
Fellow of the American Physical Society, James Clerk Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics[9][10]
Doctoral advisor
Frederick Reif[8]
Given name
Clifford[12]
🏷️ Also known as
en Clifford Michael Surko
🔖 Identifiers · 10
ISNI
0000000117448600
ORCID iD
0000-0001-9529-6956
VIAF cluster ID
14110339
Library of Congress authority ID
n2001002314
Academic Tree ID
380140
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/11c3vh51c4
NUKAT ID
n2005133259
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007376644005171
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJmtvGYwRBkgCKtG9YbWXd
Yale LUX ID
person/26275dfe-185a-4c95-b646-d890d7273922

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Affiliated with 1
University of California, San Diego
Author of 1
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Summary

Clifford Surko was born on October 11, 1941[1], in Sacramento[2]. He died on December 7, 2024[3]. He worked as a physicist[4].

FAQs

Where was Clifford Surko born?

Clifford Surko's place of birth was Sacramento[2].

What did Clifford Surko do for work?

Clifford Surko worked as a physicist[4].

What awards did Clifford Surko receive?

Honors received include Fellow of the American Physical Society[9] and James Clerk Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics[10].

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  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . aps.org. Retrieved . aps.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [1] ↑ . tributearchive.com. Retrieved . tributearchive.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [3] ↑ . adminrecords.ucsd.edu. Retrieved . adminrecords.ucsd.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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    Library of Congress authority ID → n2001002314
    Google Knowledge Graph ID → /g/11c3vh51c4
    Wikidata description → American physicist
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