Researching Louis Witten
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 138 people with the Witten surname? In that year Witten was ranked number 3441 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Louis means "Famous in Battle" and is of German origin.
Records of Louis Witten on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Louis Witten and the Witten Family History
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| Did you know that there are currently 199 people with the Witten surname in the UK? Witten is now ranked number 3855 for popularity in the UK. |
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Some Famous People called Louis Witten
Louis Witten
Louis Witten (born April 13, 1921) is an American theoretical physicist and the father of Edward Witten.
Witten's research has centered on classical gravitation, including the discovery of certain exact electrovacuum solutions to the Einstein field equation. He edited a review (see citation below) which contains papers by contributors such as ADM (Arnowitt, Deser, and Misner), Choquet-Bruhat, Ehlers and Kundt, Goldberg, and Pirani which are used by researchers after the passage of more than 40 years.
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