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William Bell Thompson

physicist
Person Human Q94640653

Facts

13 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[8]
Date of birth
1922
Date of death
1995
Place of birth
Belfast
Occupation
physicist, university teacher
Educated at
University of Toronto[6]
Doctoral advisor
Edward Bullard[7]
Doctoral student
Philip J. Morrison[9]
Work location
San Diego[13]
Family name
Thompson[10]
Given name
William, Bell[11][12]
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Mathematics[14]
🏷️ Also known as
en William Bell Thompson en William B. Thompson en William Thompson fr W. B. Thompson
🔖 Identifiers · 20
ISNI
0000000113829449
VIAF cluster ID
166407228
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n91115342
GND ID
102126492X
Academic Tree ID
377057
CiNii Research ID
1140845216739462272
FAST ID
294940
IdRef ID
069941084
MR Author ID
172345
Mathematics Genealogy Project ID
16221
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA07447146
NUKAT ID
n2003047234
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National Library of Poland MMS ID
9812829032105606
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
158977173
Nobel Prize People Nomination ID
9236
Prabook ID
3529718
SBN author ID
SBLV277603
SHARE Catalogue author ID
48718
Scopus author ID
57200137203
ZbMATH author ID
thompson.william-b

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Summary

William Bell Thompson was born on 1922[1] in Belfast[2]. He died on 1995[3]. He worked as a physicist[4] and university teacher[5].

FAQs

Where was William Bell Thompson born?

William Bell Thompson was born in Belfast[2].

What did William Bell Thompson do for work?

William Bell Thompson worked as a physicist[4] and university teacher[5].

Where did William Bell Thompson go to school?

William Bell Thompson was educated at University of Toronto[6].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . IdRef. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  8. [1] ↑ . Faceted Application of Subject Terminology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [3] ↑ . NUKAT. wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Printstream · 2026-11-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Work location → San Diego
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #65824: Import places from GND"
  2. 22w ago · PKalnai · 2026-06-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID → 158977173
    "Created claim: Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 158977173, Added with moreIdentifiers"
  3. 25w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Maintained by WikiProject → WikiProject Mathematics
    NUKAT ID → n2003047234
    GND ID → 102126492X
    Doctoral student → Philip J. Morrison
    + 27 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #32154: import P21 and P106 from GND (36)"
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