US EditionLate physicist’s Nobel Prize medal donated to university where he had key idea
Peter Higgs's Nobel Prize medal will be preserved and publicly displayed by the University of Edinburgh, highlighting his discovery that fundamentally changed physics.
- Last year, the late Professor Peter Higgs left his Nobel Prize medal to the University of Edinburgh in his will following his death aged 94, returning it to where he proposed the particle idea.
- The University of Edinburgh created the Higgs Centre for Theoretical Physics in 2012 to recognise his achievements and foster opportunities, and officials said preserving the medal fits the university's scientific heritage.
- While on staff at Edinburgh in the 1960s, Professor Peter Higgs proposed how particles gain mass by interacting with a field; CERN's Large Hadron Collider confirmed this in 2012, earning him the 2013 Nobel Prize shared with François Englert.
- The medal will be preserved by the University's Centre for Research Collections and exhibited at events, including the 2026 Higgs Lecture, and university leaders said it will inspire future generations.
- Higgs's long tenure at Edinburgh—joining in 1960, taking a personal chair in 1980, retiring in 1996—anchors the medal's significance, while the Higgs Centre uses his legacy to advance fundamental physics research.
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Nobel Prize bequeathed to University of Edinburgh
Nobel Prize winner, the late Professor Peter Higgs has bequeathed his medal to the University of Edinburgh. The physicist won the international award in 2013 for his proposal which changed our understanding of the world. As a researcher at the university Professor Higgs predicted the existence of a fundamental physical particle which was named after […] The post Nobel Prize bequeathed to University of Edinburgh appeared first on The Edinburgh Re…
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Higgs’ Nobel medal donated to the university rcrawfor Fri, 14/11/2025 - 09:40 The late Professor Peter Higgs has gifted his Nobel Prize to the University of Edinburgh, where he first proposed an idea that would transform our understanding of the universe. The late Professor Peter Higgs receives his Nobel Prize medal. Credit: AB Alexander Mahmoud. The pioneering physicist has left the internationally prestigious medal to the institution in his …
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