John Robert Schrieffer

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Nobel laureate in Physics human physicist theoretical physicist

John Robert Schrieffer was an American physicist and Nobel laureate best known as one of the co-creators of the BCS theory of superconductivity.

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Nobel laureate in Physics → human → physicist → theoretical physicist →
awardReceived	Comstock Prize in Physics → National Medal of Science → Nobel Prize in Physics →
birthDate	1931-05-31 →
birthPlace	Oak Park, Illinois, United States →
coAuthorOf	Bardeen–Cooper–Schrieffer theory →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
deathDate	2019-07-27 →
doctoralAdvisor	John Bardeen →
doctoralThesisTopic	theory of superconductivity →
educatedAt	Massachusetts Institute of Technology → University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign →
employer	Florida State University → University of California, Santa Barbara → University of Pennsylvania →
familyName	Schrieffer →
fieldOfWork	condensed matter physics → superconductivity →
givenName	John →
hasAcademicDegree	Doctor of Philosophy in physics →
influenced	modern condensed matter theory of superconductivity →
knownFor	BCS theory of superconductivity → theory of superconductivity →
memberOf	American Academy of Arts and Sciences → National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America →
name	John Robert Schrieffer →
nativeLanguage	English →
nobelPrizeYear	1972 →
notableStudent	James S. Langer →
notableWork	Theory of Superconductivity (BCS theory) →
occupation	university teacher →
placeOfDeath	California, United States →
positionHeld	professor of physics →
residence	Santa Barbara, California, United States → Tallahassee, Florida, United States →
sexOrGender	male →
sharedNobelPrizeWith	John Bardeen → Leon N. Cooper →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
John Bardeen →	coAuthorOfTheoryWith
BCS theory of superconductivity →	developedBy
Schrieffer →	hasNotableBearer
John Robert Schrieffer →	name
BCS theory of superconductivity →	namedAfter
Leon Cooper →	notableStudent
Leon Cooper →	sharedAwardWith