Edward Witten

**Edward Witten**
	American theoretical physicist
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Name in native language	Edward Witten;
Date of birth	26 August 1951; Baltimore
Country of citizenship	United States of America;
Residence	Princeton;
Educated at	Princeton University; University of Wisconsin–Madison; Brandeis University; Park School of Baltimore;
Doctoral advisor	David Gross;
Doctoral student	Shamit Kachru; Cumrun Vafa; Dror Bar-Natan; Xiao-Gang Wen; Sergei Gukov; Steven Giddings; Eva Silverstein; Jonathan Bagger; Scott Elliot Axelrod; Eric Redmund Sharpe; Christopher Thompson; Christopher Edward Beasley; Mukund Rangamani; Cedomir Crnkovic;
Occupation	mathematician; physicist; university teacher; theoretical physicist;
Employer	Princeton University; Institute for Advanced Study;
Member of	French Academy of Sciences (2000–); Pontifical Academy of Sciences (2006–); National Academy of Sciences (Member of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States, 1988–); American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1984–); American Philosophical Society (1994–); American Physical Society (1984–); Royal Society (1999); American Mathematical Society (Fellow of the American Mathematical Society, 2012–);
Field of work	physics; mathematical physics; string theory;
Father	Louis Witten;
Child	Daniela Witten; Ilana Witten;
Spouse	Chiara Nappi;
Notable work	M-theory;
Award received	Fields medal (1990); MacArthur Fellows Program (1982); Isaac Newton Medal (2010); Lorentz Medal (2010); Harvey Prize (2005); Oskar Klein Medal (1998); Henri Poincaré Prize (2006); Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (2012); National Medal of Science (2002); Josiah Willard Gibbs Lectureship (1998); Albert Einstein World Award of Science (2016); Alan T. Waterman Award (1986); Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences (2014); Fellow of the American Physical Society; Albert Einstein Medal (1985); Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics (1998); ICTP Dirac Medal (1985); Crafoord Prize in Mathematics (2008); Nemmers Prize in Mathematics (2000); Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; honorary doctor of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (2016); Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1999); honorary doctor of Harvard University (2005); Clay Research Award (2001); Golden Plate Award (1997); APS Medal for Exceptional Achievement in Research (2016); Crafoord Prize; Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2019); Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (2013); Clarivate Citation Laureates (2002); …;
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English: Edward Witten (born August 26, 1951) is a professor for mathematical physics at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton.

Deutsch: Edward Witten (* 26. August 1951) ist ein Professor für Mathematische Physik am Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton.

Italiano: Edward Witten (nato il 26 agosto 1951) è un professore di fisica matematica all'Institute for Advanced Study di Princeton.

Español: Edward Witten (nacido el 26 de agosto de 1951) es físico y matemático en el Instituto de Estudios Avanzados de Princeton.

Français : Edward Witten (né le 26 Août 1951) est professeur de physique mathématique à l'Institute for Advanced Study de Princeton.