Mark Oliphant

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Australian scientist human nuclear physicist physicist

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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Label	Occurrences
Mark Oliphant canonical	8
Sir Mark Oliphant	2
Marcus Laurence Elwin Oliphant	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Australian scientist ⓘ human ⓘ nuclear physicist ⓘ physicist ⓘ
awardReceived	Companion of the Order of Australia ⓘ Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) ⓘ surface form: Fellow of the Royal Society Knight Commander of the Order of Australia ⓘ
birthDate	1901-10-08 ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Australia ⓘ
deathDate	2000-07-14 ⓘ
educatedAt	University of Adelaide ⓘ Cambridge University ⓘ surface form: University of Cambridge
familyName	Oliphant ⓘ
fieldOfWork	accelerator physics ⓘ nuclear physics ⓘ particle physics ⓘ physics ⓘ radar technology ⓘ
fullName	Mark Oliphant self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Marcus Laurence Elwin Oliphant
givenName	Marcus ⓘ
knownFor	development of particle accelerators ⓘ development of radar ⓘ pioneering work in nuclear physics ⓘ
memberOf	Cavendish Laboratory ⓘ Royal Society ⓘ
name	Mark Oliphant self-link ⓘ
notableWork	contributions to the British atomic bomb project ⓘ 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 ⓘ
officeStartTime	1971 ⓘ
participatedIn	Manhattan Project ⓘ Tube Alloys programme ⓘ surface form: Tube Alloys project
placeOfBirth	Adelaide ⓘ Australia ⓘ South Australia ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Australia ⓘ Australian Capital Territory (enclaved within) (geographical context) ⓘ surface form: Australian Capital Territory Canberra ⓘ
positionHeld	Director of the Research School of Physical Sciences at the Australian National University ⓘ Governor of South Australia ⓘ Professor of Physics at the University of Birmingham ⓘ
religion	atheism ⓘ
spouse	Rosa Louise Wilbraham ⓘ
workedAt	Australian National University ⓘ Cavendish Laboratory ⓘ University of Birmingham ⓘ

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MAUD Committee → member → Mark Oliphant ⓘ

Tube Alloys programme → keyPerson → Mark Oliphant ⓘ

Frisch–Peierls memorandum → associatedPerson → Mark Oliphant ⓘ

Mark Oliphant → name → Mark Oliphant self-link ⓘ

Mark Oliphant → fullName → Mark Oliphant self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Marcus Laurence Elwin Oliphant

British Mission to the Manhattan Project → notableMember → Mark Oliphant ⓘ

University of Adelaide → hasNotableAlumni → Mark Oliphant ⓘ

University of Adelaide → hasNotableStaff → Mark Oliphant ⓘ

Oliphant → hasNotableBearer → Mark Oliphant ⓘ

Rosa Louise Wilbraham → spouse → Mark Oliphant ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sir Mark Oliphant

Australia Prize → notableLaureate → Mark Oliphant ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sir Mark Oliphant