Origins & Early Life

François, Baron Englert (French: [ɑ̃ɡlɛʁ]; 6 November 1932 – 18 June 2026) was a Belgian theoretical physicist and 2013 Nobel Prize laureate. Englert was professor emeritus at the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), where he was a member of the Service de Physique Théorique. He was also a Sackler Professor by Special Appointment in the School of Physics and Astronomy at Tel Aviv University and a member of the Institute for Quantum Studies at Chapman University in California. He was awarded the 2010 J.

Pivotal Works & Achievements

J. Sakurai Prize for Theoretical Particle Physics (with Gerry Guralnik, C. R. Hagen, Tom Kibble, Peter Higgs, and Robert Brout), the Wolf Prize in Physics in 2004 (with Brout and Higgs) and the High Energy and Particle Prize of the European Physical Society (with Brout and Higgs) in 1997 for the mechanism which unifies short and long range interactions by generating massive gauge vector bosons. Englert made contributions in statistical physics, quantum field theory, cosmology, string theory, and supergravity.

Enduring Legacy & Impact

He was the recipient of the 2013 Prince of Asturias Award in technical and scientific research, together with Peter Higgs and CERN. Englert was awarded the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physics...

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