Herbert York

American physicist (1921-2009)

Person human Q1609351

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Facts

20 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[23]
Date of birth: November 24, 1921
Date of death: May 19, 2009
Place of birth: Rochester
Place of death: San Diego
Country of citizenship: United States^[8]
Occupation: physicist, nuclear physicist, university teacher
Employer: University of California, Berkeley, University of California, San Diego^[11]^[12]
Field of work: physics, nuclear physics^[9]^[10]
Educated at: University of Rochester, University of California, Berkeley^[13]^[14]
Award received: Guggenheim Fellowship, Leo Szilard Lectureship Award, Enrico Fermi Award, Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award, Clark Kerr Medal, Joseph A. Burton Forum Award^[16]^[17]^[18]^[19]^[20]^[21]
Doctoral advisor: Emilio G. Segrè^[15]
Cause of death: leukemia^[24]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English^[30]
Family name: York^[25]
Given name: Herbert, Frank^[26]^[27]
Manner of death: natural causes^[28]
Member of: American Academy of Arts and Sciences^[22]
Participant in: Manhattan Project^[29]

🏷️ Also known as

en Herbert Frank York en Herbert F. York en Herbert York ar هربرت يورك cs Herb York cs Herbert Frank York cs Herbert F. York de Herbert Frank York fa هربرت یورک it Herbert Frank York it Herbert F. York ja ハーバート・ヨーク pt Herbert Frank York ru Герберт Йорк ru Йорк, Герберт tr Herbert Frank York zh 赫伯特·約克 zh 赫爾伯特·耶克

🔖 Identifiers · 44

ISNI: 0000000116178944
VIAF cluster ID: 34562701
Library of Congress authority ID: n86065846
GND ID: 119305631
American National Biography ID: 16460
Atomic Heritage Foundation ID: herbert-york
Awards & Winners artist ID: 01w1r0
BIBSYS ID: 90659961, 90268186
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 12500125x
CONOR.SI ID: 100786019
Canadiana Name Authority ID: ncf11191829
CiNii Research ID: 1140563741679691264

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Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID: 119305631
Dimensions author ID: 015327452456.28
FAST ID: 192036
Find a Grave memorial ID: 37519074
Freebase ID: /m/01w1r0
Guggenheim fellows ID: herbert-f-york
IdRef ID: 076529711
KBR person ID: 14300512
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID: 119305631
Libraries Australia ID: 36012610
Libris-URI: pm1301r7003pzh7
LittleSis people ID: 186191, 192922
NACSIS-CAT author ID: DA01821443
NDL Authority ID: 00461618
NL CR AUT ID: mub2015875360
NLA Trove people ID: 1185224
NUKAT ID: n2008053810
National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007280989405171
National Library of Lithuania ID: LNB:k/s;=B5
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 071616705
Nobel Prize People Nomination ID: 15964
Obálky knih ID: mub2015875360
Online Books Page author ID: York, Herbert F., York, Herbert
Our Campaigns candidate ID: 636110
Physics History Network ID: 11602033
RERO ID (legacy): A020242213, A003992152
SELIBR ID: 103087
SHARE Catalogue author ID: 51367
SNAC ARK ID: w68h2f86
Unz Review author ID: YorkHerbertF
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJx4kQFfj44mKhh3HCGT73
Yale LUX ID: person/b7734c2e-48e1-4db6-96b8-a9cd83bef67a

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🔗 Connections

Award received 6

Enrico Fermi Award, Guggenheim Fellowship, Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award, Leo Szilard Lectureship Award, Clark Kerr Medal, Joseph A. Burton Forum Award

Occupation 3

physicist, university teacher, nuclear physicist

Educated at 2

University of California, Berkeley, University of Rochester

Employer 2

University of California, Berkeley, University of California, San Diego

Field of work 2

physics, nuclear physics

Given name 2

Herbert, Frank

Cause of death 1

leukemia

Country of citizenship 1

United States

Doctoral advisor 1

Emilio G. Segrè

Family name 1

York

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

English

Manner of death 1

natural causes

Member of 1

American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Participant in 1

Manhattan Project

Place of birth 1

Rochester

Place of death 1

San Diego

Sex or gender 1

male

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Summary

Herbert York was born on November 24, 1921^[1], in Rochester^[2]. He died on May 19, 2009^[3], in San Diego^[4]. He worked as a physicist^[5], nuclear physicist^[6], and university teacher^[7].

FAQs

Where was Herbert York born?

Herbert York's place of birth was Rochester^[2].

Where did Herbert York die?

Herbert York died in San Diego^[4].

What did Herbert York do for work?

Herbert York worked as a physicist^[5], nuclear physicist^[6], and university teacher^[7].

Where did Herbert York go to school?

Herbert York was educated at University of Rochester^[13] and University of California, Berkeley^[14].

What awards did Herbert York receive?

Honors received include Guggenheim Fellowship^[16], Leo Szilard Lectureship Award^[17], Enrico Fermi Award^[18], and Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award^[19].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Herbert York — place of birth (P19): Rochester. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Herbert York — place of death (P20): San Diego. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Herbert York — sex or gender (P21): male. Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved 2025-08-29. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Herbert York — country of citizenship (P27): United States. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Herbert York — educated at (P69): University of Rochester. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Herbert York — educated at (P69): University of California, Berkeley. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Herbert York — field of work (P101): physics. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Herbert York — field of work (P101): nuclear physics. Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved 2022-11-07. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Herbert York — occupation (P106): physicist. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Herbert York — occupation (P106): nuclear physicist. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Herbert York — occupation (P106): university teacher. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Herbert York — employer (P108): University of California, Berkeley. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Herbert York — employer (P108): University of California, San Diego. Retrieved 2019-07-03. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Herbert York — award received (P166): Guggenheim Fellowship. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Herbert York — award received (P166): Leo Szilard Lectureship Award. aps.org. aps.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Herbert York — award received (P166): Enrico Fermi Award. science.osti.gov. science.osti.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Herbert York — award received (P166): Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award. science.osti.gov. science.osti.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Herbert York — award received (P166): Clark Kerr Medal. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Herbert York — award received (P166): Joseph A. Burton Forum Award. aps.org. Retrieved 2022-02-18. aps.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Herbert York — doctoral advisor (P184): Emilio G. Segrè. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Herbert York — member of (P463): American Academy of Arts and Sciences. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Herbert York — cause of death (P509): leukemia. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Herbert York — date of birth (P569): November 24, 1921. SNAC. Retrieved 2017-10-09. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Herbert York — date of death (P570): May 19, 2009. SNAC. Retrieved 2017-10-09. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Herbert York — family name (P734): York. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Herbert York — given name (P735): Herbert. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Herbert York — given name (P735): Frank. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Herbert York — manner of death (P1196): natural causes. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ Herbert York — participant in (P1344): Manhattan Project. wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ Herbert York — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved 2022-03-01. wikidata.org.

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Given name → Herbert, Frank

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