Lise Meitner

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Austrian person Swedish person nuclear physicist physicist woman scientist

Lise Meitner was an Austrian-Swedish physicist who made pioneering contributions to nuclear fission and is often regarded as one of the most significant women in the history of physics.

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instanceOf Austrian person ⓘ
Swedish person ⓘ
nuclear physicist ⓘ
physicist ⓘ
woman scientist ⓘ
academicAdvisor Ludwig Boltzmann ⓘ
awardReceived Enrico Fermi Award ⓘ
Hughes Medal ⓘ
Lieben Prize ⓘ
Max Planck Medal ⓘ
Otto Hahn Prize ⓘ
birthName Lise Meitner self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Elise Meitner
citizenship Austria ⓘ
Sweden ⓘ
countryOfBirth Austro-Hungarian Empire ⓘ
surface form: Austria-Hungary
countryOfDeath United Kingdom ⓘ
coWorker Manne Siegbahn ⓘ
Max Planck ⓘ
Otto Frisch ⓘ
Otto Hahn ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1878-11-07 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1968-10-27 ⓘ
discovered nuclear fission (theoretical explanation) ⓘ
educatedAt University of Vienna ⓘ
employer Humboldt University of Berlin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry ⓘ
surface form: Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Chemistry

KTH Royal Institute of Technology ⓘ
surface form: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm
ethnicGroup Jews ⓘ
surface form: Jewish people
fieldOfWork nuclear physics ⓘ
physics ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
givenName Elise ⓘ
hasHonorificEponym Lise Meitner Prize ⓘ
crater Meitner on Venus ⓘ
crater Meitner on the Moon ⓘ
element meitnerium ⓘ
knownFor Meitner–Frisch interpretation of fission ⓘ
Meitner–Hahn experiments ⓘ
explanation of nuclear fission ⓘ
nuclear fission ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
German ⓘ
Swedish ⓘ
laterReligion Lutheranism ⓘ
memberOf Austrian Academy of Sciences ⓘ
Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala ⓘ
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences ⓘ
notableEvent fled Nazi Germany in 1938 ⓘ
notableFor being one of the most significant women in the history of physics ⓘ
notableIdea liquid-drop model application to fission ⓘ
notableStudent Otto Frisch ⓘ
notableWork interpretation of barium as fission product of uranium ⓘ
placeOfBirth Vienna ⓘ
placeOfDeath City of Cambridge ⓘ
surface form: Cambridge
religion Judaism ⓘ
residence Berlin ⓘ
Cambridge, England ⓘ
surface form: Cambridge

Stockholm ⓘ
workedAt Humboldt University of Berlin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry ⓘ
surface form: Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Chemistry

Manne Siegbahn Institute ⓘ
University of Vienna ⓘ

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Lise Meitner → birthName → Lise Meitner self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Elise Meitner
Otto Frisch → collaboratedWith → Lise Meitner ⓘ
Otto Hahn → collaboratedWith → Lise Meitner ⓘ
Max Planck Medal → hasRecipient → Lise Meitner ⓘ
Enrico Fermi Award → notableRecipient → Lise Meitner ⓘ
Niels Bohr Institute → notableStudent → Lise Meitner ⓘ
Otto Frisch → relative → Lise Meitner ⓘ