doctoral_advisor birth_place nationality fields workplaces birth_date known_for article_title name alma_mater
peter bergmann bronx , new york american general relativity university of pittsburgh 17 october 1929 newman -- penrose formalism contributors to general relativity ezra t. newman
 ezra t. newman the university , b.a. 1951 syracuse university , ph.d. 1956 bronx h.s. of science , 1947 new york
ezra t. newman

ezra ted newman -lrb- born october 17 , 1929 -rrb- is an american physicist , known for his many contributions to general relativity theory .
he is professor emeritus at the university of pittsburgh .
newman was awarded the 2011 einstein prize from the american physical society : for outstanding contributions to theoretical relativity , including the newman -- penrose formalism , kerr -- newman solution , heaven , and null foliation theory .
for his intellectual passion , generosity and honesty , which have inspired and represented a model for generations of relativists .
