The Nobel Prize-winning physicist Peter Higgs, who suggested the existence of the so-called "God particle" that helped explain how matter created after the Big Bang theory, died at the age of 94, the University of Edinburgh announced Tuesday.
Higgs was born on May 29, 1929, in Newcastle, northeast England. He attended King's College, University of London, and received his doctorate in 1954.
He spent the majority of his career at Edinburgh University, where he was appointed Personal Chair of Theoretical Physics in 1980. He retired in 1996. The emeritus professor at the institution, Higgs died on Monday, 8 April 2024 after a short illness.
Higgs predicted the presence of a new particle, known as the Higgs boson, in 1964. He proposed that there must be a subatomic particle of a certain dimension that might explain how other particles — and so all the stars and planets in the cosmos — gained mass.
Without this particle, the standard model, which physicists use to describe the world, would not hold together. Higgs' work helps scientists solve one of the universe's most fundamental mysteries: how the Big Bang generated came out of nothing 13.8 billion years ago.
Higgs received the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physics for his contribution, together with Francois Englert of Belgium, who independently developed the same hypothesis.
Edinburgh University Vice Chancellor Peter Mathieson described Higgs, as "a remarkable individual - a truly gifted scientist whose vision and imagination have enriched our knowledge of the world that surrounds us."
"His pioneering work has motivated thousands of scientists, and his legacy will continue to inspire many more for generations to come," Vice Chancellor Mathieson added.
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In Memoriam: Peter Higgs, who hypothesised the existence of the 'God particle', dies at 94
