Richard Feynman

Born in New York City, New York, USA on May 11, 1918 — died February 15, 1988 (aged 69)

Richard Phillips Feynman was an American theoretical physicist, known for his work in the path integral formulation of quantum mechanics, the theory of quantum electrodynamics, the physics of the superfluidity of supercooled liquid helium, as well as his work in particle physics for which he proposed the parton model.