Harry Zvi Tabor

Harry Zvi Tabor (7 March 1917 – 15 December 2015) was a British-born Israeli physicist. He was known as the father of Israeli solar energy.[1][2] Tabor was also involved in bringing Israel's solar energy program to international awareness.[3]

Harry Zvi Tabor with his invention of solar energy trap that absorbs sun rays and converts them into heat, 1955

Tabor was born in London. He died in Jerusalem on 15 December 2015 at the age of 98.[4]

Awards and recognition
  • 1975 – Royal Society Energy Award
  • 1979 – Inducted in Solar Hall of Fame
  • 1981 – International Solar Energy Society Award
  • 1981 – Krupp Foundation Energy Award
  • 1994 – Passive Low Energy Architecture International Award
  • 1995 – Israeli Knesset Quality of Life Award
  • 2014 – Israeli President's Medal of Distinction[5]

References
  1. BGU shields its eyes and stares into the solar future, Ehud Zion Waldoks, The Jerusalem Post, 2 November 2008.
  2. Bright ideas, Ehud Zion Waldoks, The Jerusalem Post, 1 October 2008.
  3. Harry Zvi Tabor, Cleveland Cutler, Encyclopedia of the Earth, 2007.
  4. "ynet - כלכלה - ד"ר צבי תבור, אבי דוד השמש המודרני, נפטר בגיל 98". ynet. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
  5. "President honors eight Israelis with presidential award".


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