Mark Oliphant
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Mark Oliphant was an Australian physicist and pioneer in nuclear physics who played a key role in early atomic research and the development of radar and particle accelerators.
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Australian scientist
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human → nuclear physicist → physicist → |
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Companion of the Order of Australia
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Fellow of the Royal Society → Knight Commander of the Order of Australia → |
| birthDate |
1901-10-08
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| countryOfCitizenship |
Australia
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| deathDate |
2000-07-14
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| educatedAt |
University of Adelaide
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University of Cambridge → |
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Oliphant
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| fieldOfWork |
accelerator physics
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nuclear physics → particle physics → physics → radar technology → |
| fullName |
Marcus Laurence Elwin Oliphant
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| givenName |
Marcus
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| knownFor |
development of particle accelerators
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development of radar → pioneering work in nuclear physics → |
| memberOf |
Cavendish Laboratory
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Royal Society → |
| name |
Mark Oliphant
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| notableWork |
contributions to the British atomic bomb project
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contributions to the development of the cavity magnetron → development of particle accelerators → discovery of tritium production in nuclear reactions → early radar research → experiments on deuterium-deuterium fusion → pioneering research in nuclear fusion → |
| officeEndTime |
1976
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| officeStartTime |
1971
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| participatedIn |
Manhattan Project
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Tube Alloys project → |
| placeOfBirth |
Adelaide
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Australia → South Australia → |
| placeOfDeath |
Australia
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Australian Capital Territory → Canberra → |
| positionHeld |
Director of the Research School of Physical Sciences at the Australian National University
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Governor of South Australia → Professor of Physics at the University of Birmingham → |
| religion |
atheism
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| spouse |
Rosa Louise Wilbraham
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| workedAt |
Australian National University
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Cavendish Laboratory → University of Birmingham → |
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Frisch–Peierls memorandum
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Mark Oliphant
("Marcus Laurence Elwin Oliphant")
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University of Adelaide
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Oliphant
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University of Adelaide
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Tube Alloys programme
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MAUD Committee
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Mark Oliphant
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British Mission to the Manhattan Project
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