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Mar 15, 2026

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Gerardus 't Hooft

1946-07-05 • Den Helder, the Netherlands  •  Physics (1999)
Gerardus 't Hooft portrait

Born

1946-07-05
Den Helder, the Netherlands

Died


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Nobel Prize

Physics
Awarded in 1999
“for elucidating the quantum structure of electroweak interactions in physics.”