Norris Bradbury

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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.

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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 and Marine Corps Commendation Medal
surface form: Navy Commendation Medal
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1909-05-30
dateOfDeath 1997-08-20
directorOf Los Alamos Laboratory
Los Alamos Laboratory
surface form: Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory
doctoralAdvisor Leonard B. Loeb
educatedAt Pomona College
University of California, Berkeley
employer Los Alamos Laboratory
Los Alamos Laboratory
surface form: Los Alamos National Laboratory

University of California, Los Angeles
familyName Ray Bradbury
surface form: 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 Bradbury self-linksurface differs
surface form: 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
surface form: 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
surface form: Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States
spouse Lois Platt Bradbury
succeeded J. Robert Oppenheimer
workLocation Los Alamos, New Mexico
surface form: Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States

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Los Alamos Laboratory employed Norris Bradbury
Bradbury Science Museum namedAfter Norris Bradbury
Norris Bradbury name Norris Bradbury self-linksurface differs
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Lois Platt Bradbury spouse Norris Bradbury
James Bradbury father Norris Bradbury
Guaje Pines Cemetery, Los Alamos, New Mexico hasNotableBurial Norris Bradbury
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John Bradbury father Norris Bradbury
David Bradbury father Norris Bradbury
Leonard B. Loeb notableStudent Norris Bradbury
Leonard B. Loeb hasInfluenced Norris Bradbury