Peter Higgs

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1929-05-29

Deathday

2024-04-08 (94 years old)

Birth Place

Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Religion

atheism

Citizenships

United Kingdom

Residences

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Awards

Nobel Prize in Physics, Copley Medal, honorary doctor of Heriot-Watt University, honorary doctor of Queen's University Belfast, honorary doctor of the University of Bristol, Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Physics, honorary doctorate of Trinity College, Dublin, honorary doctorate of the University of Glasgow, honorary doctor of the University of St Andrews, citizen of Edinburgh, Fellow of the Institute of Physics, Edinburgh Medal, honorary doctor of the University of Edinburgh, Honorary doctorate of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, honorary doctorate of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, honorary doctor of University College London, honorary doctor of the University of Manchester, honorary doctor of Durham University, honorary doctorate from the University of Cambridge, Companion of Honour, High Energy and Particle Physics Prize, Fellow of the Royal Society, Clarivate Citation Laureates, James Scott Prize Lectureship, Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research, Rutherford Medal and Prize, Oskar Klein Medal, IOP Dirac Medal, Wolf Prize in Physics, Hughes Medal, Sakurai Prize