doctoral_advisor death_place death_date work_institution birth_place birth_date known_for doctoral_students spouse article_title name alma_mater
gregor wentzel belmont , massachusetts 27 april 2002 eth zurich , institute for advanced study , mit biel , switzerland 6 january 1921 pauli -- villars regularization david finkelstein jacqueline dubois felix villars
 felix villars eth zurich
felix villars

felix villars -lrb- ; 6 january 1921 -- 27 april 2002 -rrb- was an emeritus professor of physics at mit .
he is best known for the pauli -- villars regularization , an important principle in quantum field theory .
