Ezra T. Newman

Ezra Ted Newman
Roger Penrose with Newman (right) in 2019
Born	(1929-10-17)October 17, 1929 Bronx, New York, U.S.
Died	March 24, 2021(2021-03-24) (aged 91) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Alma mater	The Bronx H.S. of Science New York University Syracuse University
Known for	Newman–Penrose formalism Kerr–Newman metric
Scientific career
Fields	General relativity
Institutions	University of Pittsburgh
Thesis	Observables in singular theories by systematic approximation. (1956)
Doctoral advisor	Peter Bergmann

Ezra Theodore Newman (October 17, 1929 – March 24, 2021)^[1] was an American physicist, known for his many contributions to general relativity theory. He was professor emeritus at the University of Pittsburgh. Newman was awarded the 2011 Einstein Prize from the American Physical Society.