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Henry Way Kendall
(1926 - 1999)
American physicist and mountaineer, Nobel Prize laureate
American physicist and mountaineer
Nobel Prize laureate
American physicist and Nobel laureate known for his experiments in particle physics and passion for mountaineering.
Henry Way Kendall was born in 1926 in Boston, Massachusetts. His research on deep inelastic scattering of electrons helped reveal the quark structure of matter, earning him the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1990 alongside colleagues Jerome Friedman and Richard Taylor. Kendall was a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, admired for his teaching and mentorship. Outside of physics, he was an avid mountaineer, exploring challenging peaks in the United States and abroad. Tragically, he died during a climbing expedition on Mount Huntington in Alaska on February 15, 1999. Kendall's dual legacies in science and adventure continue to inspire physicists and climbers alike.
1999
Henry Way Kendall
Nobel Prize