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Peter W. Higgs
| Full Name of the recipient | Peter W. Higgs |
|---|---|
| Award | Nobel Prize in Physics |
| Year of Award | 2013 |
| Share in Award | 50.0% |
| Award Shared with | François Englert (50.0%) |
| Motivation for the Award | for the theoretical discovery of a mechanism that contributes to our understanding of the origin of mass of subatomic particles, and which recently was confirmed through the discovery of the predicted fundamental particle, by the ATLAS and CMS experiments at CERN's Large Hadron Collider |
| Affiliation at the Time of Award | University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom |
| Place of Birth | Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom GBR |
| Date of Birth | 29 May 1929 |
| Age at the time of Award | 83 years |
