Otto Hahn

E35790

Otto Hahn was a German chemist and Nobel laureate renowned as a pioneer of nuclear chemistry and co-discoverer of nuclear fission.


Statements (49)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Nobel laureate
chemist
human
nuclear chemist
awardReceived Bavarian Order of Merit
Enrico Fermi Award
Max Planck Medal
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1944
Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts
causeOfDeath heart attack
child Hanno Hahn
coDiscovererOf nuclear fission of uranium
collaboratedWith Fritz Strassmann
Lise Meitner
countryOfCitizenship German Empire
Germany
dateOfBirth 1879-03-08
dateOfDeath 1968-07-28
educatedAt University College London
University of Marburg NERFINISHED
University of Munich NERFINISHED
employer Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Chemistry
University of Berlin NERFINISHED
University of Berlin Institute for Chemistry
familyName Hahn
fieldOfWork chemistry
nuclear chemistry
radiochemistry
givenName Otto
knownFor discovery of nuclear fission
pioneering work in radiochemistry
research on radioactive isotopes
memberOf German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
Max Planck Society
Prussian Academy of Sciences
name Otto Hahn
notableWork experiments leading to identification of barium as fission product of uranium
occupation chemist
radiochemist
placeOfBirth Frankfurt am Main
placeOfDeath Göttingen
positionHeld director of Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Chemistry
president of Max Planck Society
religion Protestantism
residence Berlin
Göttingen
sexOrGender male
spouse Edith Hahn


Please wait…