George F. R. Ellis
George Francis Rayner Ellis, FRS, Hon. FRSSAf, is the emeritus distinguished professor of complex systems in the Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics at the University of Cape Town in South Africa. He co-authored The Large Scale Structure of Space-Time with University of Cambridge physicist Stephen Hawking, published in 1973, and is considered one of the world's leading theorists in cosmology.
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- Born in
- Johannesburg
- Educated at
- University of CambridgeUniversity of Cape TownGoodenough CollegeMichaelhouse
- Awards
- 🏆 Templeton Prize🏆 Silver Order of Mapungubwe🏆 Fellow of the Royal Society
- Doctoral Advisors
- 🎓 Dennis W. Sciama
- Doctoral Students
- 📖 Andrew R. King
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1939
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