Otto Frisch

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Austrian-British physicist person physicist

Otto Frisch was an Austrian-British physicist best known for co-discovering nuclear fission and contributing to the early development of atomic weapons during World War II.

Aliases (1)

Otto Robert Frisch ×1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Austrian-British physicist → person → physicist →
awardReceived	Holweck Prize → Hughes Medal →
causeOfDeath	heart attack →
citizenship	Austria → United Kingdom →
coAuthorOf	Frisch–Peierls memorandum →
coDiscovered	nuclear fission →
coinedTerm	nuclear fission →
collaboratedWith	Lise Meitner → Niels Bohr → Rudolf Peierls →
countryOfBirth	Austria-Hungary →
countryOfDeath	United Kingdom →
dateOfBirth	1904-10-01 →
dateOfDeath	1979-09-22 →
doctoralAdvisor	Hans Thirring →
educatedAt	University of Vienna →
employedBy	Birmingham University → Cavendish Laboratory → Institute for Advanced Study → Los Alamos Laboratory →
ethnicGroup	Jewish →
familyName	Frisch →
fieldOfWork	nuclear physics → theoretical physics →
fullName	Otto Robert Frisch →
gender	male →
givenName	Otto →
knownFor	Frisch–Peierls memorandum → co-discovery of nuclear fission → early development of atomic weapons →
memberOf	Royal Society →
nationality	Austrian → British →
notableIdea	explanation of nuclear fission with liquid-drop model →
placeOfBirth	Vienna →
placeOfDeath	Cambridge →
relative	Lise Meitner →
religion	Judaism →
workedOn	Manhattan Project →
workLocation	Birmingham → Cambridge → Copenhagen →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Frisch–Peierls memorandum →	author
Lise Meitner →	coWorker
Otto Frisch ("Otto Robert Frisch") →	fullName
Tube Alloys programme →	keyPerson
MAUD Committee →	member
British Mission to the Manhattan Project →	notableMember
Lise Meitner →	notableStudent