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Richard E. Taylor


 

Professor Richard E. Taylor, CC , FRS , FRSC , Ph.D , M.Sc , B.Sc (born November 2, 1929 in Medicine Hat, Alberta) is an Canadian-American professor (Emeritus) at Stanford University and the laureate of the 1990 Nobel Prize for Physics.

Awards and Honors

  • Alexander von Humboldt Senior Scientist Award, 1982.
  • W.K.H. Panofsky Prize, 1989.
  • Nobel Prize in Physics, 1990.
  • Fellow, Guggenheim Foundation, 1971 - 1972.
  • Fellow, American Physical Society.
  • Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science.
  • Fellow, Royal Society of Canada.
  • Fellow, Royal Society of London.
  • Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
  • Member, Canadian Association of Physicists.
  • Foreign Associate, National Academy of Science.
  • Companion of the Order of Canada, 2005.