Werner Israel

Details

Instance of

human

Born

4 October 1931

Died

18 May 2022

Place of birth

Berlin

Place of death

Victoria

Sex or gender

male

Given name

Werner

Family name

Israel

Field of work

physics

Occupation

physicist, university teacher

Citizenship

Canada

Awards

Fellow of the Royal Society, Officer of the Order of Canada, Dr. Tomalla Prize, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, honorary doctorate of Tours University

doctoral advisor

John Lighton Synge

doctoral student

Eric Poisson, Patrick R Brady

educated at

University of Cape Town, Trinity College, Dublin

employer

University of Alberta, University of Victoria

languages spoken, written or signed

English, German

member of

Royal Society, Royal Society of Canada, International Society on General Relativity and Gravitation, International Astronomical Union

name in native language

Werner Israel

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