John Henry Schwarz is an American theoretical physicist. Along with Yoichiro Nambu, Holger Bech Nielsen, Joël Scherk, Gabriele Veneziano, Michael Green, and Leonard Susskind, he is regarded as one of the founders of string theory. Wikipedia
Place of birth: North Adams, MA
Notable students: Michael R. Douglas, Mina Aganagić, Augusto Sagnotti, and more
Academic advisor: Geoffrey Chew
Affiliation: California Institute of Technology
Research interests: String theory, Supersymmetry, and Quantum Field Theory