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more general categories information about this item 10. Noble Prize 10. Noble Prize Physics (209) 11. Award Year 11. Award Year 1970s (104) 1971 (6) 12. Winner Type 12. Winner Type Person (904) 13. Gender 13. Gender Male (853) 14. Birth Year 14. Birth Year 1900s (92) 1900 (8) 15. Place of Birth 15. Place of Birth Europe (459) Europe, eastern (65) Hungary (10) Budapest (8) 16. Death Year 16. Death Year 1970s (66) 1979 (8) 17. Place of Death 17. Place of Death Europe (331) Europe, western (182) United Kingdom (86) London (22) 19. Given Name 19. Given Name A-D (182) D (34) 20. Family Name 20. Family Name E-K (239) G (47) 23. Religion 23. Religion Religious group (353) Christianity (158) Protestant (78) Lutheran (21) 24. Age at Award Time 24. Age at Award Time 70 - 79 (179) 72 (21) 32. Occupations 32. Occupations Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations (601) Physical Scientists (333) Astronomers and Physicists (222) Physicists (206) 33. Ethnic Origins 33. Ethnic Origins Asia (244) Middle East (197) Israel (197) Europe (33) Europe, eastern (13) Hungary (13) 34. Citizens 34. Citizens Europe (450) Europe, eastern (21) Hungary (8) 37. Worked for College or University 37. Worked for College or University Europe (232) Europe, western (125) United Kingdom (64) London (19) Imperial College (4) 42. Affilliation with College or University 42. Affilliation with College or University Europe (535) Europe, central (165) Germany (154) Berlin (62) Technical University of Berlin (Technische Universität Berlin) (7) Alumni (7) Europe, western (390) United Kingdom (235) London (82) Imperial College London (20) Long-term academic staff (10) 44. Memberships 44. Memberships A-D (656) A (635) American Academy of Arts and Sciences (531) E-P (571) H (88) Hungarian Academy of Sciences (61) R-T (460) R (448) Royal Society (294) 45. Other Awards 45. Other Awards A-B (362) A (285) Albert A. Michelson Medal (6) C-D (404) C (272) Commander of the Order of the British Empire (13) E-F (439) F (394) Fellow of the Royal Society (101) G-H (389) H (196) Holweck Prize (7) I-J (268) I (80) IEEE Medal of Honor (11) M-N (333) N (205) National Inventor Hall of Fame (33) O-P (364) O (205) Order of the British Empire (7) Q-Z (398) R (196) Rumford Medal (17) Y (5) Young Medal and Prize (4) complete name: Dennis Gabor nobel prize: physics award year: 1971 prize share: Prize share: 1/1 rational: The Nobel Prize in Physics 1971 was awarded to Dennis Gabor "for his invention and development of the holographic method." biography: Biography laureate facts: Facts laureate lecture: Lecture given name: Dennis family name: Gabor occupation: engineer occupation: physicist occupation: inventor occupation: university teacher occupation: academic field of work: physics work location: Technical University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany description: Dennis Gabor was a Hungarian-British electrical engineer and physicist, most notable for inventing holography, for which he later received the 1971 Nobel Prize in Physics. pronunciation: (/ˈɡɑːbɔːr, ɡəˈbɔːr/; Hungarian: Gábor Dénes) image copyright: Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. image citation: The Nobel Prize in Physics 1971. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1971/summary/> date birth: 1900 date death: 1979 usual name: Dennis Gabor