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Dennis Gabor

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Dennis Gabor (1900-1979) was a Hungarian-British physicist, born in Budapest, who obtained British citizenship in 1946 and spent most of his life in England. He won the 1971 Nobel Prize in Physics for his invention and development of the holographic method. Several concepts in signal processing and optics, including Gabor filters and Gabor wavelets, are named for his foundational research.

Facts
Birth Year
1900 1
Death Date
1979-02-08 1
Death Year
1979 1
Death Place
London, United Kingdom 1
Nationality
Hungary 1
Nationality
United Kingdom 1
Birthplace
Budapest, Hungary 1
Field
Field (category)
Physics 1
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1. Dennis Gabor (Wikidata)
  • P570 (date of death): year
    +1979-02-08T00:00:00Z
  • P570 (date of death): full date
    +1979-02-08T00:00:00Z
  • P27 (country of citizenship): Hungary
    Q28
  • P20 (place of death): London, United Kingdom
    Q84
  • P27 (country of citizenship): United Kingdom
    Q145
  • P19 (place of birth): Budapest, Hungary
    Q1781
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