Norris Bradbury

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American physicist human laboratory director physicist

Norris Bradbury was an American physicist who succeeded J. Robert Oppenheimer as director of the Los Alamos Laboratory, overseeing the U.S. nuclear weapons program for decades after World War II.

Aliases (1)

Norris Edwin Bradbury ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American physicist → human → laboratory director → physicist →
academicDegree	PhD in physics →
almaMater	Pomona College → University of California, Berkeley →
awardReceived	Enrico Fermi Award → Navy Commendation Medal →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1909-05-30 →
dateOfDeath	1997-08-20 →
directorOf	Los Alamos Laboratory → Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory →
doctoralAdvisor	Leonard B. Loeb →
educatedAt	Pomona College → University of California, Berkeley →
employer	Los Alamos Laboratory → Los Alamos National Laboratory → University of California, Los Angeles →
familyName	Bradbury →
fieldOfWork	nuclear physics → physics →
genreOfWork	applied physics →
givenName	Norris →
hasChild	David Bradbury → James Bradbury → John Bradbury →
memberOf	American Physical Society →
militaryBranch	United States Navy →
militaryRank	Lieutenant Commander →
name	Norris Edwin Bradbury →
notableFor	leadership of Los Alamos after World War II → oversight of the U.S. nuclear weapons program →
notableWork	oversight of postwar U.S. nuclear weapons development at Los Alamos →
occupation	research scientist → university teacher →
participatedIn	Manhattan Project →
placeOfBirth	Santa Barbara, California, United States →
placeOfDeath	Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States →
positionHeld	Director of Los Alamos Laboratory → Director of Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory →
researchInterest	explosives → nuclear weapons design →
residence	Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States →
spouse	Lois Platt Bradbury →
succeeded	J. Robert Oppenheimer →
workLocation	Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Los Alamos Laboratory →	employed
Norris Bradbury ("Norris Edwin Bradbury") →	name
Bradbury Science Museum →	namedAfter