Bryce Seligman DeWitt (January 8,1923 - September 23, 2004) was a theoretical physicist best known for formulating canonical quantum gravity, one of the first approaches to quantizing general relativity; for formulating the Wheeler-deWitt equation for the wavefunction of the universe with John Archibald Wheeler; and for advancing the formulation of the Hugh Everett's many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics. Wikipedia
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During1949-50 he was a postdoc at the Institute for Advanced Study. This was followed by six months at the Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule in Zurich and by a year as a Fullbright Scholar at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research in Bombay. From www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/prizerecipient.cfm?nam...
Bryce Seligman DeWitt , professor emeritus in the physics department of The University of Texas at Austin, died on September 23, 2004. His career was marked by major contributions to classical and quantum field theories and in particular to the theory of www.utexas.edu/faculty/council/2006-2007/memorials/dewitt...
The Academy of Arts and Sciences was founded in 1780 by John Adams , James Bowdoin , John Hancock and other scholar-patriots "to cultivate every art and science which may tend to advance the interest, honor, dignity and happiness of a free, independent an www.utexas.edu/news/2002/05/10/nr_physicist/