Joseph Rotblat

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Nobel laureate human nuclear physicist peace activist physicist

Joseph Rotblat was a Polish-British physicist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate known for leaving the Manhattan Project on moral grounds and later co-founding the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs to work toward nuclear disarmament.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Nobel laureate → human → nuclear physicist → peace activist → physicist →
awardReceived	Albert Einstein Peace Prize → Nobel Peace Prize → Order of St Michael and St George → Order of the British Empire →
causeOfNotability	scientific and ethical leadership in nuclear disarmament →
citizenship	Poland → United Kingdom →
coFounded	Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs →
countryOfBirth	Poland →
countryOfDeath	United Kingdom →
countryOfWork	United Kingdom → United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1908-11-04 →
dateOfDeath	2005-08-31 →
employer	Queen Mary University of London → St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College → University of Liverpool →
ethnicGroup	Polish Jews →
familyName	Rotblat →
fieldOfWork	nuclear physics → peace research → radiation physics →
fullName	Joseph Rotblat →
givenName	Joseph →
knownFor	advocacy of nuclear disarmament → co-founding the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs → leaving the Manhattan Project on moral grounds → opposition to nuclear weapons →
languageSpoken	English → Polish →
memberOf	Atomic Scientists' Association → Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs → Royal Society →
NobelPrizeCategory	Peace →
NobelPrizeYear	1995 →
participatedIn	Manhattan Project →
placeOfBirth	Warsaw →
placeOfDeath	London →
positionHeld	President of the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs → Secretary-General of the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs →
religion	atheism →
sharedNobelPrizeWith	Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs →
spouse	Tola Gryn →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Los Alamos Laboratory →	employed
Joseph Rotblat ("Rotblat") →	familyName
Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs →	founder
Joseph Rotblat →	fullName
University of Warsaw →	hasNotableAlumni
Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs →	sharedNobelPeacePrizeWith