Julian Schwinger 1965 Born: 12 February 1918, New York, NY, USA Died: 16 July 1994, Los Angeles, CA, USA Affiliation at the time of the award: Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA Prize motivation: "for their fundamental work in quantum electrodynamics, with deep-ploughing consequences for the physics of elementary particles" Field: Quantum mechanics, quantum electrodynamics