William Alfred Fowler, Nobel Prize for Physics, 1983

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William Alfred Fowler, Nobel Prize for Physics, 1983

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Birthplace: Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States
Death: March 11, 1995 (83)
Pasadena, Los Angeles County, California, United States (Kidney failure)
Immediate Family:

Son of John MacLeod Fowler and Jennie Summers Watson Fowler
Husband of Mary Fowler and Adriane Fay Fowler
Father of Private and Private
Brother of Arthur Watson Fowler and Nelda Wood

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About William Alfred Fowler, Nobel Prize for Physics, 1983

William Alfred "Willie" Fowler (/ˈfaʊlər/; August 9, 1911 – March 14, 1995) was an American nuclear physicist, later astrophysicist, who, with Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar won the 1983 Nobel Prize in Physics, "for his theoretical and experimental studies of the nuclear reactions of importance in the formation of the chemical elements in the universe".

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William Alfred Fowler, Nobel Prize for Physics, 1983's Timeline

1911
August 9, 1911
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States
1995
March 11, 1995
Age 83
Pasadena, Los Angeles County, California, United States