What is John D. Barrow?
{{Infobox scientist |honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|FRS|size=100%}} |name = John Barrow |birth_name = John David Barrow |image = John Barrow - fixed colors.jpg |caption = John David Barrow |birth_date = {{Birth date|1952|11|29|df=y}} |birth_place = [[London]], England |death_date = {{Death date and age|2020|9|26|1952|11|29|df=y}} |thesis_title = Non-Uniform Cosmological Models |thesis_url = http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.449064 |thesis_year = 1977 |fields = [[Physics]]<br/ >[[Astronomy]]<br>[[Mathematics]]<br/>[[Popular science]] |workplaces = [[University of Cambridge]]<br />[[Gresham College]]<br />[[University of California, Berkeley]]<br />[[University of Oxford]]<br />[[University of Sussex]] |alma_mater = [[Van Mildert College, Durham]] (BSc)<br />[[Magdalen College, Oxford]] (DPhil) |doctoral_advisor = [[Dennis William Sciama]] |academic_advisors = |doctoral_students = [[Peter Coles]]<br />[[David Wands]] |notable_students = |known_for = |influences = |influenced = |awards = [[Italgas Prize]] {{small|(2003)}}<br>[[Templeton Prize]] {{small|(2006)}}<br>[[Michael Faraday Prize]] {{small|(2008)}}<br>[[Kelvin Prize]] <small>(2009)</small><br> [[Zeeman Medal, London Mathematical Society and IMA]] {{small |(2011)}} <br>[[Dirac Medal#Dirac Medal of the IOP|Dirac Medal]] <small>(2015)</small><br />[[Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society]] <small>(2016)</small>,<br />[[Giuseppe Occhialini Medal and Prize]] <small>(2019)</small> }} '''John David Barrow''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|FRS}} (29 November 1952 – 26 September 2020) was an English [[physical cosmology|cosmologist]], [[Theoretical physics|theoretical physicist]], and [[mathematician]]. He was Gresham Professor of Geometry at [[Gresham College]] from 2008 to 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/people/j.d.barrow/|title=DAMTP Professor John Barrow|website=www