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David J. Thouless — Age & Birthday

Born: 21 September 1934 · Died: 6 April 2019 · Age at death: 84

How old was David J. Thouless when he died?

David J. Thouless died aged 84. He was born on 21 September 1934 and died on 6 April 2019.

Nobel Prize-winning physicist known for work on topological phases of matter

Did you know?He was a member of the founding class at Churchill College, Cambridge, which was established as a national memorial to Winston Churchill.

David James Thouless (21 September 1934 – 6 April 2019) was a British condensed-matter physicist. He was awarded the 1990 Wolf Prize and a laureate of the 2016 Nobel Prize for physics along with F. Duncan M. Haldane and J.

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Age at death: 84
Would be: 92
Years since death: 7

Born: September 21, 1934 · Bearsden, United Kingdom
Died: April 6, 2019
Cause of death: Dementia
Nationality: British
Known for: Science

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