Baron Penney

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Baron 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
human
mathematician
nuclear physicist
areaOfInfluence United Kingdom defence policy
nuclear deterrence strategy
awardReceived Fellow of the Royal Society NERFINISHED
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire NERFINISHED
Life peerage in the House of Lords
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
educatedAt Imperial College London NERFINISHED
Trinity College, Cambridge
University of Wisconsin–Madison
employer Imperial College London NERFINISHED
Ministry of Supply (United Kingdom) NERFINISHED
United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority NERFINISHED
familyName Penney NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork mathematics
nuclear physics
nuclear weapons development
givenName George NERFINISHED
William
honorificTitle Baron Penney NERFINISHED
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf Royal Society
name William George Penney NERFINISHED
nationality British
nobleTitle Baron Penney of East Hendred NERFINISHED
notableAchievement oversaw design and testing of the first British atomic bomb
notableFor leading the development of the United Kingdom’s first atomic bomb
notableWork leadership of the British test of an atomic bomb in 1952
occupation scientific adviser to government
university administrator
participatedIn British nuclear weapons programme NERFINISHED
Manhattan Project NERFINISHED
positionHeld Rector of Imperial College London
chairman of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
member of the House of Lords
residence United Kingdom
sexOrGender male
workLocation Aldermaston NERFINISHED
United Kingdom

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William Penney honorificTitle Baron Penney