Walter Zinn

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Canadian-American physicist human nuclear physicist scientist

Walter Zinn was a pioneering nuclear physicist who played a central role in the development of the first nuclear reactor and later became the first director of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission’s Argonne National Laboratory.

Aliases (1)

Walter Henry Zinn ×1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Canadian-American physicist → human → nuclear physicist → scientist →
academicDegree	PhD in physics →
awardReceived	Atoms for Peace Award → Enrico Fermi Award → Franklin Institute Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science → surface form: "Franklin Institute Award"
collaboratedWith	Enrico Fermi →
countryOfCitizenship	Canada → United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1906-12-10 →
dateOfDeath	2000-02-14 →
educatedAt	Columbia University → Queen's University at Kingston → surface form: "Queen’s University at Kingston"
employer	Argonne National Laboratory → Atomic Energy of Canada Limited → Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory → surface form: "Metallurgical Laboratory" United States Atomic Energy Commission → surface form: "U.S. Atomic Energy Commission"
familyName	Howard Zinn → surface form: "Zinn"
fieldOfWork	nuclear physics → reactor physics →
fullName	Walter Zinn → surface form: "Walter Henry Zinn"
givenName	Walter →
influenced	development of nuclear engineering as a discipline →
knownFor	contributions to peaceful uses of nuclear energy → leadership at Argonne National Laboratory → pioneering work in nuclear reactor development →
languageSpoken	English →
memberOf	American Nuclear Society → Manhattan Project →
notableAchievement	helped achieve the first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction → led early development of nuclear reactors for research and power → oversaw design and construction of early Argonne research reactors → played a central role in the development and operation of Chicago Pile-1 →
notableStudentOrColleague	Enrico Fermi →
notableWork	Chicago Pile-1 →
participatedIn	World War II nuclear research → development of the first nuclear reactor →
placeOfBirth	Berlin, Ontario, Canada →
placeOfDeath	Bradenton, Florida, United States of America →
positionHeld	director of Argonne National Laboratory → first director of Argonne National Laboratory → president of the American Nuclear Society →
residence	United States of America →
sexOrGender	male →
workLocation	Argonne, Illinois, United States of America → Chicago, Illinois, United States → surface form: "Chicago, Illinois, United States of America"

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