Paul Dirac

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Nobel laureate human physicist theoretical physicist university teacher

Paul Dirac was a pioneering British theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate whose work laid the foundations of quantum mechanics and quantum electrodynamics.

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Label	Occurrences
Paul Dirac canonical	56
Charles Adrien Ladislas Dirac	2
Paul A. M. Dirac	2
Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac	2
Dirac	1

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instanceOf	Nobel laureate ⓘ human ⓘ physicist ⓘ theoretical physicist ⓘ university teacher ⓘ
academicDegree	Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering ⓘ PhD in physics ⓘ
awardReceived	Copley Medal ⓘ Dirac Prize ⓘ surface form: Dirac Medal of the Institute of Physics Max Planck Medal ⓘ Nobel Prize in Physics ⓘ Royal Medal ⓘ
burialPlace	Tallahassee ⓘ
citizenship	United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
countryOfBirth	United Kingdom ⓘ
countryOfDeath	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1902-08-08 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1984-10-20 ⓘ
doctoralAdvisor	Ralph Fowler ⓘ
educatedAt	St John’s College, Cambridge ⓘ University of Bristol ⓘ Cambridge University ⓘ surface form: University of Cambridge
employer	Florida State University ⓘ Cambridge University ⓘ surface form: University of Cambridge
familyName	Paul Dirac self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Dirac
father	Paul Dirac self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Charles Adrien Ladislas Dirac
fieldOfWork	general relativity ⓘ particle physics ⓘ quantum electrodynamics ⓘ quantum mechanics ⓘ theoretical physics ⓘ
fullName	Paul Dirac self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac
givenName	Paul ⓘ
hasSignature	signature of Paul Dirac ⓘ
influenced	Julian Schwinger ⓘ Dirac Prize ⓘ surface form: Paul A. M. Dirac Medal and Prize (named after him) Richard Feynman ⓘ Sin-Itiro Tomonaga ⓘ Steven Weinberg ⓘ
knownFor	development of quantum electrodynamics ⓘ foundations of quantum mechanics ⓘ prediction of the positron ⓘ relativistic wave equation for the electron ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ
memberOf	American Physical Society ⓘ Pontifical Academy of Sciences ⓘ Royal Society ⓘ
mother	Florence Hannah Holten ⓘ
nobelPrizeCategory	Physics ⓘ
nobelPrizeYear	1933 ⓘ
notableWork	Dirac delta function ⓘ Dirac equation ⓘ Dirac notation ⓘ The Principles of Quantum Mechanics ⓘ magnetic monopole theory ⓘ prediction of antimatter ⓘ quantum electrodynamics ⓘ quantum theory of the electron ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Bristol ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Tallahassee ⓘ
positionHeld	Lucasian Professor of Mathematics ⓘ surface form: Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge professor of physics at Florida State University ⓘ
religion	agnosticism ⓘ
sharedNobelPrizeWith	Erwin Schrödinger ⓘ
sibling	Béla Wigner (brother-in-law) ⓘ
spouse	Eugene Wigner ⓘ surface form: Margit Wigner

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Royal Medal → notableRecipient → Paul Dirac ⓘ

Institute for Advanced Study → notableScholar → Paul Dirac ⓘ

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Max Planck Medal → hasRecipient → Paul Dirac ⓘ

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Hughes Medal → notableRecipient → Paul Dirac ⓘ

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Lorentz Medal → notableRecipient → Paul Dirac ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Paul A. M. Dirac

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this entity surface form: Paul A. M. Dirac

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subject surface form: Béla Wigner

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subject surface form: Dennis Sciama