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Eugene Paul Wigner
| Full Name of the recipient | Eugene Paul Wigner |
|---|---|
| Award | Nobel Prize in Physics |
| Year of Award | 1963 |
| Share in Award | 50.0% |
| Award Shared with | Maria Goeppert Mayer (25.0%) J. Hans D. Jensen (25.0%) |
| Motivation for the Award | for his contributions to the theory of the atomic nucleus and the elementary particles, particularly through the discovery and application of fundamental symmetry principles |
| Affiliation at the Time of Award | Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA |
| Place of Birth | Budapest, Austria-Hungary (now known as Hungary HUN) |
| Date of Birth | 17 November 1902 |
| Age at the time of Award | 60 years |
| Place of Death | Princeton, NJ, United States USA |
| Date of Death | 1 January 1995 |
