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John G. King

American physicist
Person human Q11169832

Facts

18 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[15]
Date of birth
1925
Date of death
June 15, 2014
Place of birth
London
Place of death
Wellfleet
Country of citizenship
United Kingdom[7]
Occupation
physicist, nuclear physicist
Employer
Massachusetts Institute of Technology[8]
Educated at
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Phillips Exeter Academy[9][10]
Award received
Oersted Medal, Excellence in Physics Education Award, Robert A. Millikan Medal[12][13][14]
Doctoral advisor
Jerrold R. Zacharias[11]
Doctoral student
Robert F. Tinker[16]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[20]
Archives at
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Libraries[17]
Family name
King[18]
Given name
John[19]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/MIT[21]
🏷️ Also known as
en John King en John G. King en John Gordon King ar جون جي. كينغ he ג'ון ג. קינג ko 존 고든 킹 ko 존 G. 킹
🔖 Identifiers · 13
ISNI
0000000444159347
VIAF cluster ID
312859727
Library of Congress authority ID
nb2014027366
GND ID
1067987223
Academic Tree ID
4177
CONOR.SI ID
305139299
FAST ID
1958550
Freebase ID
/m/0h68gfk
IdRef ID
191550183
MR Author ID
475515
Mathematics Genealogy Project ID
200449
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007316326105171
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Summary

John G. King was born on 1925[1] in London[2]. He died on June 15, 2014[3], in Wellfleet[4]. He worked as a physicist[5] and nuclear physicist[6].

FAQs

Where was John G. King born?

John G. King's place of birth was London[2].

Where did John G. King die?

John G. King passed away in Wellfleet[4].

What did John G. King do for work?

John G. King worked as a physicist[5] and nuclear physicist[6].

Where did John G. King go to school?

John G. King was educated at Massachusetts Institute of Technology[9] and Phillips Exeter Academy[10].

What awards did John G. King receive?

Honors received include Oersted Medal[12], Excellence in Physics Education Award[13], and Robert A. Millikan Medal[14].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Library of Congress Authorities. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Library of Congress Authorities. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . IdRef. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . aapt.org. aapt.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . aps.org. Retrieved . aps.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . aapt.org. aapt.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . archivesspace.mit.edu. Retrieved . archivesspace.mit.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [1] ↑ . CONOR.SI. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [3] ↑ . Library of Congress Authorities. wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . CONOR.SI. wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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    Award received → Oersted Medal, Excellence in Physics Education Award, Robert A. Millikan Medal
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