William Alfred Fowler

William Alfred Fowler
William Alfred Fowler
	Fowler in 1984
Born	August 9, 1911; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US
Died	March 14, 1995 (aged 83); Pasadena, California, US
Alma mater	Ohio State University ; Caltech (PhD)
Awards	Medal for Merit (1948); Barnard Medal for Meritorious Service to Science (1965); Tom W. Bonner Prize in Nuclear Physics (1970); Vetlesen Prize (1973); National Medal of Science (1974); Eddington Medal (1978); Nobel Prize in Physics (1983);
	Scientific career
Doctoral advisor	Charles Christian Lauritsen
Doctoral students	James M. Bardeen; J. Richard Bond; Donald Clayton; George M. Fuller; F. Curtis Michel; Arthur B. McDonald

William Alfred Fowler (August 9, 1911 – March 14, 1995) was an American astrophysicist. He shared the 1983 Nobel Prize in Physics "for his theoretical and experimental studies of the nuclear reactions of importance in the formation of the chemical elements in the universe." He is known for his theoretical and experimental research into nuclear reactions within stars and the energy elements produced in the process. With Margaret and Geoffrey Burbidge and Fred Hoyle, he authored the influential B²FH paper, Synthesis of the Elements in Stars.