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British mathematical physicist

Peter Goddard
Goddard in 2010
Born	(1945-09-03) 3 September 1945 (age 79)
Nationality	British
Education	Emanuel School and the University of Cambridge
Occupation(s)	Professor, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ
Known for	GKO construction
Awards	Mayhew Prize (1967)

Peter Goddard CBE FRS (born 3 September 1945) is a British mathematical physicist who works in string theory and conformal field theory. Among his many contributions to these fields is the Goddard–Thorn theorem (proved together with Charles Thorn).

Biography

Goddard was educated at Emanuel School and the University of Cambridge, where he was a professor in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics (DAMTP), and founding deputy director of the Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences. He was Master of St John's College from 1994 until 2004. He was Director of the Institute for Advanced Study from January 2004 through June 2012. He is now a professor in the Institute's School of Natural Sciences.

He was elected to the Royal Society in 1989, was awarded the Dirac Medal and Medal of the International Centre for Theoretical Physics in 1997, and was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2002.

Academic offices
Preceded byRobert Aubrey Hinde	Master of St John's College, Cambridge 1994–2004	Succeeded byRichard Perham

v t e Fellows of the Royal Society elected in 1989
Fellows	Brian Anderson Kenneth Bagshawe John M. Ball Adrian Bird Roger Blandford Arthur Cain Mark Child Alwyn Davies Peter Goddard Michael Green Brian Heap Geoffrey Hewitt Derek Hull Julian Hunt Richard Hynes Michael James Francis Kelly John Lawton Gilbert George Lonzarich Andrew David McLachlan Michael A. Moore Kim Nasmyth Paul Nurse Robert Ladislav Parker Geoff Parker Richard Peto Warren Roper John Martin Rowell Ian John Russell John Philip Simons Roger Slack Marshall Stoneham Roger C. Thomas Anne Treisman Kenneth Wade Pat Wall Rob Webster Thomas Summers West Andrew Wiles Ian Robert Young
Statute 12	Edward Shackleton, Baron Shackleton
Foreign	Nicole Marthe Le Douarin Paul Erdős Kenichi Fukui Edward B. Lewis Barbara McClintock Edward Mills Purcell

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