Philip Candelas
- January 5, 2024
- Mathematician
Quick Facts
| Full Name | Philip Candelas |
| Occupation | Mathematician |
| Date Of Birth | Oct 24, 1951(1951-10-24) |
| Age | 73 |
| Birthplace | London |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Birth City | London |
| Horoscope | Capricorn |
Philip Candelas Biography
| Name | Philip Candelas |
| Birthday | Oct 24 |
| Birth Year | 1951 |
| Place Of Birth | London |
| Home Town | London |
| Birth Country | United Kingdom |
| Birth Sign | Capricorn |
Philip Candelas is one of the most popular and richest Mathematician who was born on October 24, 1951 in London, London, United Kingdom. Philip Candelas, FRS (born 24 October 1951, London, UK) is a British physicist and mathematician. He has served as Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford and is a Fellow of Wadham College, Oxford.
He was at the Institute for Advanced Study from 1993 to 1994, a visiting scientist at CERN from 1991 to 1993 and a visiting professor at Princeton University in 1995. He has been the Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics at Oxford since 1999 and is also the Head of the Mathematical Physics Group at Oxford.
Candelas is most known for his 1985 work with Edward Witten, Andrew Strominger, and Gary Horowitz in which they introduced compactification to string theory using Calabi–Yau manifolds. He also works on the geometry of Calabi-Yau manifolds and relationships with number theory and has made fundamental contributions to mirror symmetry.
Philip Candelas Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Mathematician |
| House | Living in own house. |
Philip Candelas is one of the richest Mathematician from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Philip Candelas 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Candelas was educated at Christ’s College, Cambridge and Wadham College, Oxford, where he was a student of Dennis Sciama, from 1972, receiving his bachelor’s degree in 1973. From 1975 he was a research fellow at Balliol College, Oxford, and in 1976-77 was at the University of Texas at Austin with John Archibald Wheeler. In 1977 he received his PhD from Oxford for research on quantum gravity supervised by Dennis Sciama, Derek J. Raine and M. R. Brown.
After his DPhil, Candelas continued at the University of Texas, where he became an assistant professor in 1977, associate professor in 1983, and full professor in 1989.
Candelas was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2010.
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