Richard Garvin, one of the creators of the hydrogen bomb, has died at the age of 97.

Richard Lawrence Garvin, an American physicist and one of the creators of the world's first hydrogen bomb, has died at the age of 98. This was reported on May 14 by The New York Times (NYT), citing Garvin's son.

The American physicist died on Tuesday, May 13, at his home in Scarsdale, New York.

Richard Garvin was born in 1928 in Cleveland. At the age of 21, he defended his doctoral thesis under the guidance of the legendary physicist Enrico Fermi. At just 23, he and his colleagues assembled the world's first hydrogen bomb.

Over the next decades, Garvin served as a science and security advisor to many presidents of the United States on nuclear security issues, from Dwight David Eisenhower to Bill Clinton.

The American physicist is the author of more than 500 scientific papers and 47 patents, as well as the owner of awards, including the US National Science Medal in 2003.