Katherine Oppenheimer

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American biologist human

Katherine Oppenheimer was an American biologist and former Communist Party member best known as the politically controversial wife of physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer during the Manhattan Project era.

Aliases (3)

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American → biologist → human →
alsoKnownAs	Katherine Harrison → Katherine Puening → Katherine Vissering → Kitty Oppenheimer →
birthName	Katherine Vissering Puening →
causeOfDeath	pulmonary embolism →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
countryOfOrigin	Germany →
dateOfBirth	1910-08-08 →
dateOfDeath	1972-10-27 →
educatedAt	University of Pennsylvania → University of Pittsburgh →
familyName	Oppenheimer →
fieldOfWork	biology →
givenName	Katherine →
hasChild	Katherine Oppenheimer (daughter) → Peter Oppenheimer →
immigratedTo	United States of America →
influenced	security clearance controversies surrounding J. Robert Oppenheimer →
languageSpoken	English → German →
memberOf	Communist Party USA →
notableFor	being the wife of J. Robert Oppenheimer → political controversy during the Manhattan Project era →
occupation	biologist → laboratory technician →
participatedIn	Manhattan Project (as spouse of director) →
placeOfBirth	German Empire → Recklinghausen →
placeOfDeath	Panama → Panama City →
politicalAlignment	left-wing politics →
previousSpouse	Frank Ramseyer → Joseph Dallet Jr. → Richard Harrison →
religion	atheism →
residence	Berkeley, California → Los Alamos → Princeton, New Jersey →
sexOrGender	female →
spouse	J. Robert Oppenheimer →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
J. Robert Oppenheimer ("Katherine Oppenheimer Silber") → Katherine Puening ("Katherine Oppenheimer (Toni)") →	child
Katherine Oppenheimer ("Katherine Oppenheimer (daughter)") → Kitty Oppenheimer ("Katherine Oppenheimer (Toni)") →	hasChild
J. Robert Oppenheimer → Julius Robert Oppenheimer →	spouse
Katherine Puening →	alsoKnownAs
Kitty Oppenheimer →	name