What is Werner Israel?
{{Infobox scientist | name = Werner Israel | image = <!--(filename only)--> | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_place = [[Berlin]], Germany | birth_date = {{Birth date|1931|10|04}} | death_date = {{Death date and age|2022|05|18|1931|10|04}} | death_place = [[Victoria, British Columbia|Victoria]], [[British Columbia]], Canada | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = <!-- {{Coord|LAT|LONG|type:landmark|display=inline,title}} --> | nationality = German, Canadian | fields = [[Gravitational physics]] | workplaces = [[University of Victoria]] | alma_mater = University of Victoria | doctoral_advisor = [[John Lighton Synge]] | thesis_title = Basic topics of the relativistic theory of shock waves | thesis_year = 1959 | academic_advisors = | doctoral_students = [[Eric Poisson]] | notable_students = | known_for = [[No hair theorem]], internal structures of black holes | author_abbrev_bot = | author_abbrev_zoo = | influences = Stephen Hawking | influenced = | awards = | signature = <!--(filename only)--> | signature_alt = | footnotes = | spouse = }} '''Werner Israel''', {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|OC|FRSC|FRS}} (October 4, 1931 &ndash; May 18, 2022) was a German-born South African-Canadian physicist, author, researcher, and professor. He taught at the [[University of Victoria]]. He was known for his studies of [[black holes]]. Israel first stated the [[No-hair theorem]]. In 1994, he was made an Officer of the [[Order of Canada]]. Israel died on May 18, 2022 in [[Victoria, British Columbia]] at the age of 90.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Werner Israel Obituary - Victoria, BC |url=https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/victoria-bc/werner-israel-10758040 |access-date=2022-05-21 |website=Dignity Memorial |language=en}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Israel, Werner}} [[Category:1931 births]] [[Cat