Peter Goddard (physicist)

Peter Goddard
Goddard in 2010
Born	(1945-09-03) 3 September 1945 (age 78)
Nationality	British
Education	Emanuel School and the University of Cambridge
Occupation(s)	Professor, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ
Known for	GKO construction
Awards	Mayhew Prize (1967)

Peter Goddard CBE FRS (born 3 September 1945) is a British mathematical physicist who works in string theory and conformal field theory. Among his many contributions to these fields is the Goddard–Thorn theorem (proved together with Charles Thorn).