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Thomas Maurice Rice

theoretical physicist and professor at ETH Zurich
Person human Q21166306

Facts

17 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[15]
Date of birth
January 26, 1939
Date of death
July 18, 2024
Place of birth
Dundalk
Place of death
Küsnacht
Occupation
physicist, university teacher
Employer
ETH Zurich[8]
Field of work
condensed matter physics[7]
Educated at
University of Cambridge[9]
Award received
Fellow of the American Physical Society[11]
Sibling
Peter Rice[25]
Doctoral advisor
Volker Heine[10]
Doctoral student
Matthias Troyer, Markus Bartholomaeus Roos, Klas Lilja, Elmar Heeb, Beat J. Ammon, Franz Gähler[16][17][18][19][20][21]
Family name
Rice[22]
Given name
Thomas, Maurice[23][24]
Member of
Royal Society, National Academy of Sciences, Royal Irish Academy[12][13][14]
🏷️ Also known as
en Maurice Rice en Thomas Maurice Rice en Thomas Rice en T. Maurice Rice
🔖 Identifiers · 18
VIAF cluster ID
242145857121722922813
GND ID
1089103840
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
TMR-Photo.jpg ↗
Academic Tree ID
686432
BDELIS ID
80767
Fellow of the Royal Society ID
12174
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/11gvwvh9qj
MR Author ID
526105
Mathematics Genealogy Project ID
54489
National Academy of Sciences member ID
64195
Physics History Network ID
11507017
Portrait Archive ID
511406
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Prabook ID
484221
SNSF person ID
11887
Scopus author ID
7201893707
The Numbers person ID
551450401
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJyGXVJdQcwMFPY9K6kVYP
ZbMATH author ID
rice.t-maurice

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Summary

Thomas Maurice Rice was born on January 26, 1939[1], in Dundalk[2]. He died on July 18, 2024[3], in Küsnacht[4]. He worked as a physicist[5] and university teacher[6].

FAQs

Where was Thomas Maurice Rice born?

Thomas Maurice Rice's place of birth was Dundalk[2].

Where did Thomas Maurice Rice die?

Thomas Maurice Rice died in Küsnacht[4].

What did Thomas Maurice Rice do for work?

Thomas Maurice Rice worked as a physicist[5] and university teacher[6].

Where did Thomas Maurice Rice go to school?

Thomas Maurice Rice was educated at University of Cambridge[9].

What awards did Thomas Maurice Rice receive?

Honors received include Fellow of the American Physical Society[11].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . aps.org. Retrieved . aps.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. Retrieved . genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [16] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  12. [17] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  13. [18] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  14. [19] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  15. [20] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  16. [21] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  17. [12] ↑ . royalsociety.org. Retrieved . royalsociety.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [13] ↑ . nasonline.org. Retrieved . nasonline.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [14] ↑ . ria.ie. Retrieved . ria.ie. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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  1. 2m ago · Printstream · 2026-11-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sibling → Peter Rice
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 25w ago · Masegand · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Fellow of the Royal Society ID → 12174
    Wikidata description → theoretical physicist and professor at ETH Zurich
    Occupation → physicist, university teacher
    Educated at → University of Cambridge
    + 32 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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