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academicDegree
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PhD in physics
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awardReceived
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Enrico Fermi Award
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awardReceived
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Naval Ordnance Development Award
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burialPlace
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Guaje Pines Cemetery, Los Alamos, New Mexico
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conflict
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World War II
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countryOfCitizenship
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United States of America
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dateOfBirth
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1909-05-30
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dateOfDeath
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1997-08-20
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describedBySource
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Los Alamos National Laboratory historical records
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describedBySource
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U.S. Department of Energy historical publications
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doctoralAdvisor
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Leonard B. Loeb
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educatedAt
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Pomona College
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educatedAt
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University of California, Berkeley
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employer
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Los Alamos Laboratory
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surface form:
Los Alamos National Laboratory
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employer
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University of California, Berkeley
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employer
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University of California, Los Angeles
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era
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Cold War
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familyName
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Ray Bradbury
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surface form:
Bradbury
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fieldOfWork
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nuclear physics
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fieldOfWork
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physics
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givenName
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Norris
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hasAcademicRank
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professor of physics
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hasChild
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David Bradbury
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hasChild
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James Bradbury
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hasChild
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John Bradbury
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instanceOf
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director of research institution
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instanceOf
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human
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instanceOf
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physicist
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knownFor
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directing Los Alamos National Laboratory after World War II
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knownFor
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overseeing development of early U.S. nuclear weapons
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memberOf
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Manhattan Project
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militaryBranch
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United States Navy
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nationality
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American
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notableRole
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successor to J. Robert Oppenheimer as director of Los Alamos
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notableWork
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development of nuclear weapons at Los Alamos
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notableWork
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oversight of early Cold War nuclear weapons programs
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occupation
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physicist
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occupation
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university teacher
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participatedIn
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Trinity nuclear test preparations
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placeOfBirth
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Santa Barbara, California, United States
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placeOfDeath
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Los Alamos, New Mexico
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surface form:
Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States
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positionHeld
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Director of Los Alamos National Laboratory
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religion
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Methodism
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residence
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Los Alamos, New Mexico
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sexOrGender
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male
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spouse
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Lois Platt Bradbury
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workLocation
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Berkeley
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surface form:
Berkeley, California
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workLocation
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Los Alamos, New Mexico
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