Community of Scholars Profile

Lieb, Elliott H.

Information in this profile has been submitted by the individual or is based on Institute records, including the publication A Community of Scholars: The Institute for Advanced Study 1930-1980.

Data from Institute records

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Visits to IAS

TypeAffiliationStart DateEnd Date
[M]Math9/1/198212/31/1982
[M]Math1/1/19896/30/1989

Home institution while at IAS: Princeton University
Position: Professor
Institution: Princeton University

Past and Other Appointments

AppointmentOrganizationStart YearEnd Year
Professor of Mathematics and PhysicsPrinceton University1975
On leave from Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyPrinceton University19741975
Professor of Mathematics and PhysicsMassachusetts Institute of Technology19731974

Degrees

DegreeYearInstitution
Ph.D.1956The University of Birmingham, England

Honors

DescriptionYear
Boltzmann medal of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics1998
Honorary doctorate, École Polytechnique Federal Lausanne1995
Max-Planck Medal of the German Physical Society1992
Onsager medal of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology1988
Heineman prize in mathematical Physics of the American Physical Society and the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics1988