David Finkelstein: key obituary facts
Is David Finkelstein dead? Yes. David Finkelstein died on January 24, 2016, at age 86.
Cause of death: David Finkelstein's cause of death has not been publicly confirmed.
What was David Finkelstein known for?
He was an American physicist (1929-2016).
More about David Finkelstein
Born: 19 July 1929.
Place of birth: New York City.
Place of death: Atlanta.
Gender: male.
Occupation: physicist, university teacher.
Nationality: United States.
Education: City College of New York, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Employer: Georgia Tech, Yeshiva University.
Also known as: David Ritz Finkelstein.
Known for: Eddington–Finkelstein coordinates.
David Finkelstein, the American physicist known for Eddington–Finkelstein coordinates, died on January 24, 2016, aged 86.
Born in New York City, he earned his Ph.D. in physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1953.
He taught at Stevens Institute of Technology through 1960, held a Ford Foundation Fellowship at CERN from 1959 to 1960, and was professor of physics at Yeshiva University from 1964 to 1976. Finkelstein later became an emeritus professor of physics at the Georgia Institute of Technology, where he was on the faculty from 1976 until his retirement. He died in Atlanta.