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Anthony James Leggett

Prize
Nobel Prize in Physics — 2003
for pioneering contributions to the theory of superconductors and superfluids
Citizenship
United States United States United Kingdom United Kingdom
Languages
English
date of birth
3/26/1938
place of birth
Camberwell
date of death
3/8/2026
place of death
Urbana
Lived
87 years
educated at
  • University of Oxford
    • academic degree: Doctor of Philosophy
  • Magdalen College
    • academic degree: Doctor of Philosophy
  • Merton College
    • academic degree: Bachelor of Arts
  • Balliol College
    • academic degree: Bachelor of Arts
  • Wimbledon College
member of
  • Royal Society
    • start time: 1/1/1980
  • European Academy of Sciences
    • start time: 1/1/2007
  • National Academy of Sciences
    • start time: 1/1/1997
  • Russian Academy of Sciences
    • start time: 1/1/1999
  • Indian National Science Academy
  • American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • American Philosophical Society
  • American Physical Society
  • American Association for the Advancement of Science
work location
  • Urbana
doctoral student
  • Amir Caldeira
  • Matthew P. A. Fisher
  • Dervis Can Vural
  • Carlos Lobo
  • Ping Ao
occupation
  • physicist
  • university teacher
employer
  • University of Sussex
  • University of Waterloo
  • Magdalen College
  • University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
field of work
  • physics
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