Knut Urban

German physicist

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Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[16]
Date of birth: June 25, 1941
Place of birth: Stuttgart
Country of citizenship: Germany^[5]
Occupation: physicist, university teacher
Employer: University of Erlangen–Nuremberg, RWTH Aachen University^[6]^[7]
Educated at: University of Stuttgart^[8]
Award received: Wolf Prize in Physics, Karl Heinz Beckurts Award, BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award, Von Hippel Award, Kavli Prize in Nanoscience^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]
Languages spoken, written or signed: German^[19]
Family name: Urban^[17]
Given name: Knut^[18]
Member of: North Rhine-Westphalia Academy for Sciences and Arts, Corps Stauffia^[14]^[15]
Name in native language: Knut Urban^[20]

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en Knut Urban ar كنوت أوربان de Knut Wolf Urban fa کنوت اوربان fi Knut Wolf Urban he קנוט אורבן it Knut Wolf Urban ja クヌート・ウルバン ko 크누트 우르반 pt Knut Wolf Urban ru Кнут Урбан ru Урбан, Кнут zh 克努特·乌尔班

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ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2677-6651
VIAF cluster ID: 12844164
GND ID: 1041709560
Image (Wikimedia Commons): The 2020 Kavli Prize Laureate Knut Urban signing the protocol (2022) (52337039956) (cropped).jpg ↗
Awards & Winners artist ID: 0b6m646
DDB person (GND) ID: 1041709560
Freebase ID: /m/0b6m646
Google Scholar author ID: fDfv-pIAAAAJ
NDL Authority ID: 01178775
NUKAT ID: n2010176180
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJhRK3QHcxCvv7DctQdRKd

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Award received 5

Wolf Prize in Physics, BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award, Von Hippel Award, Karl Heinz Beckurts Award, Kavli Prize in Nanoscience

Employer 2

RWTH Aachen University, University of Erlangen–Nuremberg

Occupation 2

physicist, university teacher

Chaired by 1

Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft

Country of citizenship 1

Germany

Educated at 1

University of Stuttgart

Given name 1

Knut

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

German

Member of 1

North Rhine-Westphalia Academy for Sciences and Arts

Place of birth 1

Stuttgart

Sex or gender 1

male

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Summary

Knut Urban was born on June 25, 1941^[1], in Stuttgart^[2]. He has worked as a physicist^[3] and university teacher^[4].

FAQs

Where was Knut Urban born?

Knut Urban's place of birth was Stuttgart^[2].

What did Knut Urban do for work?

Knut Urban worked as a physicist^[3] and university teacher^[4].

Where did Knut Urban go to school?

Knut Urban was educated at University of Stuttgart^[8].

What awards did Knut Urban receive?

Honors received include Wolf Prize in Physics^[9], Karl Heinz Beckurts Award^[10], BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award^[11], and Von Hippel Award^[12].

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Knut Urban — place of birth (P19): Stuttgart. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-12-11. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Knut Urban — sex or gender (P21): male. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2024-06-15. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Knut Urban — country of citizenship (P27): Germany. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Knut Urban — educated at (P69): University of Stuttgart. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Knut Urban — occupation (P106): physicist. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Knut Urban — occupation (P106): university teacher. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Knut Urban — employer (P108): Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Knut Urban — employer (P108): RWTH Aachen University. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Knut Urban — award received (P166): Wolf Prize in Physics. wolffund.org.il. wolffund.org.il. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Knut Urban — award received (P166): Karl Heinz Beckurts Award. beckurts-stiftung.de. Retrieved 2024-01-31. beckurts-stiftung.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Knut Urban — award received (P166): BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Knut Urban — award received (P166): Von Hippel Award. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Knut Urban — award received (P166): Kavli Prize in Nanoscience. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Knut Urban — member of (P463): North Rhine-Westphalia Academy for Sciences and Arts. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Knut Urban — member of (P463): Corps Stauffia. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Knut Urban — date of birth (P569): June 25, 1941. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Knut Urban — family name (P734): Urban. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Knut Urban — given name (P735): Knut. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Knut Urban — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): German. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Knut Urban — name in native language (P1559): Knut Urban. wikidata.org.

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