Ronald Drever
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 8 years ago |
| Date of birth | October 26,1931 |
| Zodiac sign | Scorpio |
| Born | Renfrewshire |
| United Kingdom | |
| Date of died | March 7,2017 |
| Died | Edinburgh |
| United Kingdom | |
| Field | Laser science |
| Job | Physicist |
| Awards | Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics |
| Gruber Prize in Cosmology | |
| Einstein Prize | |
| Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics | |
| Harvey Prize in Science and Technology | |
| Kavli Prize in Astrophysics | |
| Education | University of Glasgow |
| The Glasgow Academy | |
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| ID | 558684 |
Ronald Drever Life story
Ronald William Prest Drever was a Scottish experimental physicist. He was a professor emeritus at the California Institute of Technology, co-founded the LIGO project, and was a co-inventor of the Pound–Drever–Hall technique for laser stabilisation, as well as the Hughes–Drever experiment.