Peter Goddard
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Peter Goddard (born September 3, 1945) is a mathematical physicist who works in string theory and conformal field theory, and proved the no-ghost theorem.
Goddard was educated at Emanuel School and the University of Cambridge, where he was a professor in DAMTP, founding deputy director of the Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences and, until 2004, Master of St John's College. He has been Director of the Institute for Advanced Study since January 2004.
He was elected to the Royal Society in 1989, was awarded the Dirac Prize and Medal of the International Centre for Theoretical Physics in 1997, and was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2002.
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