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Archival as AuthorArchival as SubjectPublished as AuthorPublished as SubjectFreeman J. Dyson
Dates
December 15, 1923 – February 28, 2020
Authorized Form of Name
Dyson, Freeman J.
Additional Forms of Names
Dyson, F. J. (Freeman J.)
Dyson, Freeman (Freeman John), 1923-
Biography
Abstract
Freeman Dyson is Emeritus Professor of Physics at the Institute for Advanced Study (1953-present). Other institutional affiliations include Cornell University and the University of Birmingham. His research interests include topics explored by the JASON Defense Advisory Group and theoretical physics.
Important Dates
December 15, 1923Birth, Crowthorne (England).
1943 – 1945Member, Operational Research Section, Bomber Command, Royal Air Force, United Kingdom.
1945Obtained BA, Cambridge University, Cambridge (England).
1946 – 1947Research Fellow, Trinity College, Cambridge University, Cambridge (England).
1947 – 1948Commonwealth Fellow, Cornell University.
1948 – 1949Commonwealth Fellow, Institute for Advanced Study.
1949 – 1951Teaching Fellow, University of Birmingham.
1951 – 1953Professor of Physics, Cornell University.
1953 – presentProfessor of Physics (1953-1994) and Emeritus Professor of Physics (1994-present), Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton (N.J.).
1964Member, National Academy of Sciences.
1965Awarded Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics, American Physical Society.
1981Awarded Wolf Prize in Physics, Wolf Foundation.
1993Awarded Enrico Fermi Award, United States Department of Energy.
February 28, 2020Death, Princeton (N.J.).
Occupation
Theoretical physicist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Employment
Death
Subjects
Relationships
People
Advisors & Collaborators
Bethe, Hans A. (Hans Albrecht), 1906-2005
Post-doctoral advisor at Cornell University. Both employed at Cornell University.
Collaborated on problems regarding ferromagnetism and spin wave theory.
Colleagues
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Bacher, Robert F. (Robert Fox), 1905-2004
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Cooper, Leon N. (Leon Neil), 1930-
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at Cornell University.
Courant, Ernest D. (Ernest David), 1920-
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
DeWitt, Bryce S. (Bryce Seligman), 1923-2004
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Feynman, Richard P. (Richard Phillips), 1918-1988
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Kraichnan, Robert H., 1928-2008
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
McDaniel, Boyce D. (Boyce Dawkins), 1917-
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Overhauser, Albert Warner, 1925-
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Sessler, A. M. (Andrew Marienhoff)
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Additional
Bondi, Hermann
Burbidge, Geoffrey R.
Chandrasekhar, S. (Subrahmanyan), 1910-1995
Naugle, John E.
Pais, Abraham, 1918-2000
Salpeter, Edwin E.
Waltz, Ronald E.
Wheeler, John Archibald, 1911-2008
Wigner, Eugene Paul, 1902-1995
Wilson, Kenneth G. (Kenneth Geddes), 1936-2013
Institutions
Major Positions
Cornell University. Department of Physics
Commonwealth Fellow and Professor of Physics.
Great Britain. Royal Air Force
Member, Operational Research Section, Bomber Command.
Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton, N.J.)
Commonwealth Fellow; Professor of Physics; and Emeritus Professor of Physics.
Trinity College (University of Cambridge)
Research Fellow.
University of Birmingham. Department of Mathematical Physics
Teaching Fellow.
University of Cambridge. Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics
Obtained BA (1945).
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Received 1965 Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics.
Columbia University. Department of Physics
GA (Series) (San Diego, Calif.)
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Member.
United States. Department of Energy
Received 1993 Enrico Fermi Award.
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Wolf Foundation Prizes
Received 1981 Wolf Foundation Prize in Physics.
Resources
Archival Resources
Author
A symposium in honor of Hans A. Bethe on the occasion of his 60th birthday [sound recording] at Cornell University, 1966 October 21.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Commonwealth Fund records of Harkness Fellowships, SG 1, Series 20, 1918-1988.
Rockefeller Archive Center
15 Dayton Ave., Pocantico Hills, North Tarrytown, NY 10591-1598, USA
Invited papers [sound recording], 1965 April.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Freeman J. Dyson, 1986 December 17.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Science and the ultimate reality [computer file] : celebrating the vision of John Archibald Wheeler and taking it forward into a new center of discovery / 2002 March 15-18.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Subject
Abraham Pais papers, 1875 -2000 (bulk 1936-1998).
Rockefeller Archive Center
15 Dayton Ave., Pocantico Hills, North Tarrytown, NY 10591-1598, USA
David Allen Park collection of lectures and lecture notes, 1940-1952.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Hans Frauenfelder response to survey on the impact of immigration on U.S. physics, 1999.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
I can do that: [videorecording] Hans Bethe's first 60 years at Cornell, executive producer, David H. Rose; producer and writer, Edward Hershey; director, Michael Champlin, 1995.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Shelby White and Leon Levy Archives Center
Institute for Advanced Study
1 Einstein Drive, Princeton, NJ 08540, USA
International Congress for Physics [motion picture] / photographed by Heinrich Medicus.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Charles Misner, 1989 April 3.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Edward A. Frieman, 2006 December 4 and 5.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Edward Creutz, 2006 January 9 and 10.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Edwin Ernest Salpeter, 1978 March 30.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Eugene Paul Wigner, 1963 November 21 and December 3, 4.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Geoffrey Burbidge, 1977 October 21.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Hermann Bondi, 1978 March 20.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with John Archibald Wheeler, 1988 May 4, May 23 and November 28.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with John E. Naugle, 1980 August 20.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Jule G. Charney, 1980 August 25, 26, 27 and 28.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Kenneth G. Wilson, 1991 December 10.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral History interview with Norman M. Kroll, 1986 June 28.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Norman M. Kroll, 1987 March 29.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Robert F. Christy, 1994.
Institute Archives
California Institute of Technology
1201 East California Blvd. (Mail Code 015A-74), Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
Oral history interview with Ronald E. Waltz, 2006 May 22.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Peoples Archive interviews with physicists, [video recording].
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
University of Miami. Center for Theoretical Studies J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial Prize acceptance speeches, 1969-1973.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Published Resources
Author
Dreams of earth and sky / Freeman Dyson.
Freeman Dyson, Disturbing the Universe (New York: Harper and Row, 1979).
From Eros to Gaia / Freeman Dyson.
Origins of life / Freeman Dyson.
Selected papers of Freeman Dyson with commentary / Freeman Dyson ; with foreword by Elliott H. Lieb.
Weapons and hope / by Freeman Dyson.
Subject
Freeman Dyson National Academy of Sciences Audio Interview
Freeman Dyson Video Autobiographical Interview at Web of Stories