Tom Kibble

Sir Tom Kibble CBE FRS MAE
Born	Thomas Walter Bannerman Kibble (1932-12-23)23 December 1932 Madras, Madras Presidency, British India
Died	2 June 2016(2016-06-02) (aged 83) London, England
Nationality	British
Alma mater	University of Edinburgh (BSc, MA, PhD)
Known for	Einstein–Cartan–Sciama–Kibble theory Kibble–Zurek mechanism Higgs boson Higgs mechanism Cosmic strings Spontaneous symmetry breaking
Awards	FRS (1980)[1] Hughes Medal (1981) Rutherford Medal and Prize (1984) Guthrie Medal and Prize (1993) Sakurai Prize (2010) Dirac Medal (2013) Albert Einstein Medal (2014) Isaac Newton Medal (2016)
Scientific career
Fields	Theoretical physics Quantum field theory
Institutions	Imperial College London
Thesis	Topics in quantum field theory: 1. Schwinger's action principle; 2. Dispersion relations for inelastic scattering processes (1958)
Doctoral advisor	John Polkinghorne
Doctoral students	John W. Barrett[2] Seifallah Randjbar-Daemi[citation needed] Jonathan Ashmore[3]

Sir Thomas Walter Bannerman Kibble CBE FRS MAE^[1] (/ˈkɪbəl/; 23 December 1932 – 2 June 2016) was a British theoretical physicist, senior research investigator at the Blackett Laboratory and Emeritus Professor of Theoretical Physics at Imperial College London.^[4] His research interests were in quantum field theory, especially the interface between high-energy particle physics and cosmology. He is best known as one of the first to describe the Higgs mechanism, and for his research on topological defects. From the 1950s he was concerned about the nuclear arms race and from 1970 took leading roles in promoting the social responsibility of the scientist.^[5]