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Masatoshi Koshiba
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Memorial Page for Masatoshi Koshiba

Sep 19, 1926 – Nov 12, 2020(94 years)Died in:Tokyo, Kantō region

Japanese physicist and astronomer

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Occupation(3)

physicistprofessorresearcher

Awards(10)

Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of GermanyOrder of CultureNobel Prize in PhysicsBenjamin Franklin MedalOrder of the Rising Sun, 1st classWolf Prize in PhysicsHumboldt Research FellowshipPerson of Cultural MeritAsahi PrizeFellow of the American Physical Society

Education(4)

University of TokyoMeiji UniversityUniversity of RochesterKanagawa Prefectural Yokosuka High School

Masatoshi Koshiba (* September 19, 1926 in Toyohashi; † November 12, 2020 in Tokyo) was a japanese physicist and astronomer. He was 94 years old. His education included University of Tokyo, Meiji University, University of Rochester and Kanagawa Prefectural Yokosuka High School. He received 10 awards, including Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Order of Culture.

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Born in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture

1926

Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

1985

Asahi Prize

1987

Person of Cultural Merit

1988

Order of Culture

1997

Wolf Prize in Physics

2000

Nobel Prize in Physics

2002

Benjamin Franklin Medal

2003

Order of the Rising Sun, 1st class

2003

Died in Tokyo, Kantō region

2020

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Masatoshi Koshiba. Forever remembered.