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Thirring, W.E.

Thirring, W.E. 1949-50 Scholar

Born 1927 Vienna, Austria. Ph.D. 1949 Vienna.
Appointments: Fellow, Glasgow 1950; Assistant, Max-Planck Institute 1950-51; UNESCO Fellow, Zurich, 1951-52; Assistant, Bern 1952-53; Member, Princeton Institute of Advanced Study 1953-54; Docent, Bern 1954-56; Visiting Prof., M.I.T. 1956-57; Visiting Prof., Univ. of Washington, Seattle 1957-58; Prof., Bern 1958; Prof., Vienna 1959-; Member, CERN 1968-71.
Memberships: Austrian Academy of Sciences 1968-; Hungarian Eotvos Society 1974-; Academy “Naturforscher Leopoldina” 1975-; Pontifical Academy of Sciences 1986-; National Academy of Sciences, Washington 1988-; Academia Europaea 1989-; Academia Scientiarum et Artium Europaea 1990-.
Honours: Eotvos Medal 1967; Erwin Schrodinger Prize 1969; Max Planck Medal 1977; Preis der Stadt Wien; Grosses Ehrenzeichen fur Wissenschaft und Kunst 1993; Ehrenmedaille der Bundeshauptstadt Wien in Gold 1993.
Address: Institut feur Theoretische Physik, Universitat Wien, Boltzmanngasse 5, A-1090 Wien, Austria.
E-mail: fwagner_at_awirap.bitnet