Arthur Wightman
- Born: March 30, 1922 (Rochester, New York)
- Died: January 13, 2013 (Edison, New Jersey)
Education
- 1942: BA, Yale University
- 1949: PhD, Princeton University (Physics)
Major Positions
- 1943–1944: Yale University, Instructor in Physics
- 1949–1971: Princeton University, Instructor to Professor of Physics
- 1971–1992: Princeton University, Thomas D. Jones Professor of Mathematical Physics
- 1992–2013: Princeton University, Professor Emeritus
Other Positions
- 1951–1952: Institute for Theoretical Physics, Copenhagen, NRC Fellow
- 1956–1957: University of Copenhagen, NSF Fellow
- 1957–1957: University of Paris, Visiting Professor
- 1963–1964: Institute for Advanced Scientific Studies, Bures-sur-Yvette, Visitor
- 1968–1969: Institute for Advanced Scientific Studies, Bures-sur-Yvette, Visitor
- 1977–1978: École Polytechnique, Visiting Professor
- 1982–1982: University of Adelaide, Visiting Professor
Selected Awards and Honors
- 1969: American Physical Society, Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics
- 1970: National Academy of Sciences, Member
Published Resources
Arthur S. Wightman, "The General Theory of Quantized Fields in the 1950s," in Pions to Quarks: Particle Physics in the 1950s, ed. Laurie M. Brown, Max Dresden, and Lillian Hoddeson (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press: 1989), 608-629
