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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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lord Penney canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
British peer
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academic ⓘ human ⓘ life peer ⓘ mathematician ⓘ nuclear physicist ⓘ university administrator ⓘ |
| academicDegree | PhD in mathematics ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | heart attack ⓘ |
| conflict |
World War II
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surface form:
Second World War
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| countryOfBirth | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United Kingdom
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United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form:
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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| dateOfBirth | 1909-06-24 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1991-03-03 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Imperial College London
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Trinity College, Cambridge ⓘ University of Wisconsin–Madison ⓘ |
| employer |
Atomic Weapons Research Establishment
NERFINISHED
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Imperial College London NERFINISHED ⓘ Ministry of Supply (United Kingdom) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Penney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
mathematics
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nuclear physics ⓘ weapons development ⓘ |
| fullName | William George Penney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | William ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | Lord NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honorificSuffix |
FRS
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KBE NERFINISHED ⓘ OM NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
leadership of the British hydrogen bomb programme
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leading the development of the United Kingdom’s first atomic bomb ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Order of Merit
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Order of the Bath NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Society ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Royal Navy ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | Baron Penney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleTitleCreationDate | 1961 ⓘ |
| notableWork |
British atomic bomb project
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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
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Director of the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment ⓘ Rector of Imperial College London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation | Aldermaston, Berkshire, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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