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Nobel Physicist François Englert, Higgs Co-Creator, Dies 93

6/21/2026

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Belgium announced that physicist François Englert died on 18 June 2026 in Uccle, Brussels, at age 93.
Englert and Robert Brout formulated the Brout-Englert-Higgs mechanism in 1964, showing how particles acquire mass.
The ATLAS and CMS experiments at CERN confirmed the Higgs boson in 2012, validating the mechanism and leading to Englert’s 2013 Nobel Prize in Physics.
The King of Belgium later granted Englert the title of Baron in recognition of his scientific contributions.

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Belgium announced that physicist François Englert died on 18 June 2026 in Uccle, Brussels, at age 93.
Englert and Robert Brout formulated the Brout-Englert-Higgs mechanism in 1964, showing how particles acquire mass.
The ATLAS and CMS experiments at CERN confirmed the Higgs boson in 2012, validating the mechanism and leading to Englert’s 2013 Nobel Prize in Physics.
The King of Belgium later granted Englert the title of Baron in recognition of his scientific contributions.