Jacob Bekenstein

Jacob David Bekenstein (Hebrew: יעקב בקנשטיין; May 1, 1947 – August 16, 2015)^[1] was a Mexican-born American-Israeli theoretical physicist. He made fundamental contributions to the foundation of black hole thermodynamics and to other aspects of the connections between information and gravitation. He was of Jewish descent.^[2]

Jacob Bekenstein
Jacob Bekenstein
Born	(1947-05-01)May 1, 1947 Mexico City, Mexico
Died	August 16, 2015(2015-08-16) (aged 68) Helsinki, Finland
Citizenship	Mexican, American, Israeli
Alma mater	Princeton University Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn
Known for	Black hole thermodynamics
Awards	Rothschild Prize in Physics (1988) Israel Prize (2005) Wolf Prize in Physics (2012)
Scientific career
Fields	Theoretical physics
Institutions	Hebrew University of Jerusalem Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Doctoral advisor	John Wheeler