Lord Penney

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Lord Penney was a British mathematician and nuclear physicist best known for leading the development of the United Kingdom’s first atomic bomb.

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instanceOf British peer
academic
human
life peer
mathematician
nuclear physicist
university administrator
academicDegree PhD in mathematics
causeOfDeath heart attack
conflict World War II
surface form: Second World War
countryOfBirth United Kingdom NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
United Kingdom
surface form: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
dateOfBirth 1909-06-24
dateOfDeath 1991-03-03
educatedAt Imperial College London NERFINISHED
Trinity College, Cambridge
University of Wisconsin–Madison
employer Atomic Weapons Research Establishment NERFINISHED
Imperial College London NERFINISHED
Ministry of Supply (United Kingdom) NERFINISHED
familyName Penney NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork mathematics
nuclear physics
weapons development
fullName William George Penney NERFINISHED
givenName William
honorificPrefix Lord NERFINISHED
honorificSuffix FRS NERFINISHED
KBE NERFINISHED
OM NERFINISHED
knownFor leadership of the British hydrogen bomb programme
leading the development of the United Kingdom’s first atomic bomb
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf Order of Merit NERFINISHED
Order of the Bath NERFINISHED
Royal Society
militaryBranch Royal Navy
nobleTitle Baron Penney NERFINISHED
nobleTitleCreationDate 1961
notableWork British atomic bomb project NERFINISHED
British hydrogen bomb development
participatedIn Manhattan Project NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth Gosport, Hampshire, England NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath East Hendred, Oxfordshire, England NERFINISHED
positionHeld Chairman of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
Director of the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment
Rector of Imperial College London NERFINISHED
sexOrGender male
workLocation Aldermaston, Berkshire, England NERFINISHED

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William Penney alsoKnownAs Lord Penney