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Alicia Nash
Salvadoran-American physicist (1933–2015)
Alicia Esther Nash (née Lardé Lopez-Harrison[a]; January 1, 1933 – May 23, 2015) was a Salvadoran-American physicist. The wife of mathematician John Forbes Nash Jr., she was a mental-health care advocate, who gave up her professional aspirations to support her husband and son, who were both diagnosed with schizophrenia.
Her life with Nash was chronicled in the 1998 book, A Beautiful Mind by Sylvia Nasar, as well as in the 2001 film of the same title directed by Ron Howard, in which she was portrayed by Jennifer Connelly.[1][2]
Personal life
Alicia Lardé Lopez-Harrison was born on January 1, 1933, in El Salvador, the daughter of Alicia Lopez-Harrison and Carlos Lardé, a doctor. The Lardé Lopez-Harrison family also included two boys, Carlos and Rolando Lardé. Both of her parents came from socially prominent, well-travelled families who spoke several languages. Her aunt was the poet Alice Lardé de Venturino; her paternal grandfather was Jorge Lardé, a chemical engineer.[3 John Nash had been called brilliant. A genius. A "mathematical giant." But his story, which captivated millions due to a Pulitzer Prize-nominated biography and ensuing Oscar-winning film, was not his alone. His wife Alicia Nash, who was killed along with her husband in a car crash Saturday on the New Jersey Turnpike, had long been the brilliant woman behind the gifted mathematician — and changed his life. At the time of the crash, the Nashes were on their way home to Princeton, New Jersey, from Norway, where John had just received the famed Abel Prize for mathematics, according to a statement from Princeton University. University president Christopher L. Eisgruber said Sunday: TRENTON — With his good looks, extraordinary intellect, and her beauty, brains and Salvadorean aristocratic lineage, John F. Nash Jr. and Alicia Larde made a striking and enviable couple on the MIT campus in the late 1950s.•
Who Was Alicia Nash, The Woman Behind The Genius?
We are stunned and saddened by news of the untimely passing of John Nash and his wife and great champion, Alicia. Both of them were very special members of the Princeton University community. John's remarkable achievements inspired generations of mathematicians, economists and scientists who were influenced by his brilliant, groundbreaking work i
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Alicia Nash was loyal heart to John Nash's 'Beautiful Mind'
The promise of an idyllic life together never materialized. The genius mathematician, not yet diagnosed with schizophrenia, was consumed with paranoid thoughts that left him unable to teach, according to the acclaimed biography, A Beautiful Mind, that was later adapted for the Oscar-winning film. Alicia worked to support them, raised their son, and even after they divorced, shared her Princeton Junction home with him to prevent him from becoming homeless.
Were it not Alicia Nash's devotion, loyalty and optimism, John Nash's recovery and return to academic recognition may never have happened, said Sylvia Nasar, author of A Beautiful Mind.
"I feel she was someone who really despite all of the difficult things never came across as someone who was frustrated, resentful
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