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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Predicate Object
instanceOf Australian scientist
human
nuclear physicist
physicist
awardReceived Companion of the Order of Australia
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
University of Cambridge
familyName Oliphant
fieldOfWork accelerator physics
nuclear physics
particle physics
physics
radar technology
fullName 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
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 project
placeOfBirth Adelaide
Australia
South Australia
placeOfDeath Australia
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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