Robert Brout

Robert Brout
Born	(1928-06-14)June 14, 1928 New York City, U.S.
Died	May 3, 2011(2011-05-03) (aged 82) Brussels, Belgium[1]
Alma mater	New York University (BS) Columbia University (PhD)
Known for	Symmetry breaking Higgs boson Higgs mechanism Cosmic inflation
Awards	Sakurai Prize Wolf Prize in Physics (2004)
Scientific career
Fields	Statistical mechanics Quantum field theory Particle physics Cosmology
Institutions	Université libre de Bruxelles University of Rochester Cornell University

Robert Brout (/braʊt/; June 14, 1928 – May 3, 2011) was a Belgian-American theoretical physicist who made significant contributions in elementary particle physics. He was a professor of physics at Université Libre de Bruxelles where he had created, together with François Englert, the Service de Physique Théorique.