Ronald Drever

Ron Drever
Ron Drever
Born	Ronald William Prest Drever; 26 October 1931; Beeshoptoun, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK
Died	7 Mairch 2017 (aged 85); Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Naitionality	Breetish
Citizenship	Breetish
Alma mater	Varsity o Glesga (PhD)
Kent for	Laser stabilizing technique; Pioneering laser interferometric gravitational wave observation.
Awairds	Einstein Prize (2007); Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (2016); Gruber Prize in Cosmology (2016); Shaw Prize (2016); Kavli Prize (2016); Smithsonian, American Ingenuity Award (2016); Harvey Prize (2016);
	Scientific career
Fields	Pheesics, Laser pheesics, Experimental Gravitation
Institutions	Californie Institute o Technology, Varsity o Glesga
Thesis	Studies of orbital electron capture uisin proportional coonters (1959)
Wabsteid
	www.pma.caltech.edu/content/ronald-w-drever

Ronald William Prest Drever (26 October 1931 – 7 Mairch 2017) wis a Scots experimental pheesicist.

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↑ ^a ^b "Caltech Mourns the Passing of LIGO Co-founder Ronald W. P. Drever". Whitney Clavin. Caltech. 8 Mairch 2017. Retrieved 10 Mairch 2017.

Ron Drever
Born	Ronald William Prest Drever 26 October 1931^[1] Beeshoptoun, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK
Died	7 Mairch 2017(2017-03-07) (aged 85)^[1] Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Naitionality	Breetish
Citizenship	Breetish
Alma mater	Varsity o Glesga (PhD)
Kent for	Laser stabilizing technique Pioneering laser interferometric gravitational wave observation.
Awairds	Einstein Prize (2007) Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (2016) Gruber Prize in Cosmology (2016) Shaw Prize (2016) Kavli Prize (2016) Smithsonian, American Ingenuity Award (2016) Harvey Prize (2016)
Scientific career
Fields	Pheesics, Laser pheesics, Experimental Gravitation
Institutions	Californie Institute o Technology, Varsity o Glesga
Thesis	Studies of orbital electron capture uisin proportional coonters (1959)

Wabsteid
www.pma.caltech.edu/content/ronald-w-drever