Born: 5-Jun-1900
Birthplace: Budapest, Hungary
Died: 8-Feb-1979
Location of death: London, England
Cause of death: unspecified

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Physicist

Nationality: England
Executive summary: Inventor of holography

Father: Bertalan Gabor (mining director)
Mother: Adrienne
Brother: George
Wife: Marjorie Louise (m. 1936)

    University: Technische Hochschule Berlin (1924)
    University: Dr-Ing, Technische Hochschule Berlin (1927)
    Professor: Imperial College of Science and Technology, London (1948-67)

    Nobel Prize for Physics 1971
    IEEE Medal of Honor 1970
    Rumford Medal 1968
    Commander of the British Empire 1970
    Naturalized UK Citizen
    Siemens 1927-
    Royal Society 1956

Author of books:
Inventing the Future (1963)
Innovations (1970)
The Mature Society (1972)

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