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Roger Penrose

Award received: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q15631401&amp;oldid=2549679200" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Fellow of the Royal Society · dated 1972
Notable work: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q12141&amp;oldid=2541718650" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Penrose triangle
Employer: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q788375&amp;oldid=2545452285" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Gresham College · from 1998
Public office: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q7371319&amp;oldid=2509140854" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics · from 1973 · to 1999
Education: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q193196&amp;oldid=2547678668" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">University College London · to 1955
Award received: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q28003&amp;oldid=2556651053" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Copley Medal · dated 2008

Wikidata describes Roger Penrose as English mathematical physicist, recreational mathematician and philosopher.

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