- Born
- January 15, 1908
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Sources- 1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2014-04-09
- 2.Stated in BnF authoritiesRetrieved 2015-10-10
- 3.Stated in Encyclopædia Britannica OnlineRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 4.Stated in SNACRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 5.Stated in Internet Speculative Fiction DatabaseRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 6.Stated in Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana
- January 15, 1908
- Died
- September 9, 2003
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Sources- 1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2014-04-09
- 2.Stated in BnF authoritiesRetrieved 2015-10-10
- 3.Stated in Encyclopædia Britannica OnlineRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 4.Stated in SNACRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 5.Stated in Internet Speculative Fiction DatabaseRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 6.Stated in Brockhaus EnzyklopädieRetrieved 2017-10-09
- September 9, 2003
- Birthplace
- Budapest
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Sources- 1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2014-12-10
- 2.Stated in Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)Retrieved 2015-09-28
- Budapest
- Place of death
- Stanford
2
Sources- 1.“The explosion of the first atomic bomb”ffden-2.phys.uaf.edu/211_fall2004.web.dir/John_Hendricks/Page%203.html
- 2.“Neue Reaktor-Technologien”link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2FBF00446255
- Stanford
- Citizenship
- Occupation
- Education
- Leipzig University(until 1930)
- , University of Göttingen(until 1933)
- , Fasori Gimnázium
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- Doctoral student
- Chen-ning Yang
- Lincoln Wolfenstein
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- Hans-Peter Dürr
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- Suresh V. Lawande
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- Boris Jacobsohn(until 1947)
- Walter Selove
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Sources- 1.hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015077573775?urlappend=%3Bseq=45%3Bownerid=22101121-44Retrieved 2024-12-25
- Awards
- honorary citizen of Budapest(2012) sourcing circumstances: posthumous
- Presidential Medal of Freedom(2003) conferred by: George W. Bush
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Sources- 1.“Presidential Medals of Freedom: George W. Bush (2001-2009)”crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R47639
- Ig Nobel Prize(1991) award rationale: Edward Teller, father of the hydrogen bomb and first champion of the Star Wars weapons system, for his lifelong efforts to change the meaning of peace as we know it.
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- National Medal of Science(1982)
- Eringen Medal(1980)
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- Harvey Prize(1975) citizenship: United States · award rationale: Discoveries in atomic, nuclear and solid state physics and their practical application for the production of energy.
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Sources- 1.“Prize Winners”harveypz.net.technion.ac.il/harvey-prize-laureates/
- Enrico Fermi Award(1962)
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- Golden Plate Award(1961)
1
Sources- 1.“Golden Plate Awardees listed by year”achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/all-honorees/
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- Remsen Award(1959)
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- Albert Einstein Award(1958)
- Commons Creator page
- Edward Teller
- Name in native language
- Edward (Ede) Teller
- Teller Ede
- Sex or gender
- male
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Sources- 1.Stated in Virtual International Authority FileRetrieved 2018-11-04
- 2.Stated in BnF authoritiesRetrieved 2015-10-10
- male
- Oral history at
- George Mason University Libraries Special Collections Research Center recording date: December 29, 1983
1
Sources- 1.“Collection: Clarence E. Larson Science and Technology Oral History collection | George Mason University Special Collections Research Center ArchivesSpace”aspace.gmu.edu/resources/C0079Retrieved 2026-06-17
- George Mason University Libraries Special Collections Research Center recording date: December 29, 1983
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