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Great Britain · Science / Physics. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1929

Peter Ware Higgs29 May 1929

Newcastle upon Tyne · Science / Physics

Is born in Newcastle upon Tyne to a Scottish mother and an English father who worked as a BBC sound engineer.

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Peter Ware Higgs

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