Herbert York
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Herbert York was an American physicist and defense scientist who became the first director of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and a prominent advocate for nuclear arms control.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
defense scientist
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human ⓘ nuclear arms control advocate ⓘ physicist ⓘ |
| advocatedFor |
arms control agreements between the United States and the Soviet Union
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limitations on strategic nuclear weapons ⓘ nuclear test ban treaties ⓘ |
| affiliation | University of California system ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Enrico Fermi Award
NERFINISHED
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Leo Szilard Lectureship Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1921-11-24 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2009-05-19 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of California, Berkeley
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University of Rochester NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
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United States Department of Defense NERFINISHED ⓘ University of California, San Diego NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
arms control
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defense policy ⓘ nuclear physics ⓘ |
| genre |
arms control literature
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scientific autobiography ⓘ |
| givenName | Herbert ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDegree | PhD in physics ⓘ |
| memberOf |
JASON defense advisory group
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President's Science Advisory Committee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Herbert Frank York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
U.S. defense research and development
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nuclear arms control advocacy ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Making Weapons, Talking Peace: A Physicist's Odyssey from Hiroshima to Geneva
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The Advisors: Oppenheimer, Teller, and the Superbomb NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
government official
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physicist ⓘ university administrator ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Manhattan Project
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development of U.S. thermonuclear weapons ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Rochester, New York, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | La Jolla, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
U.S. ambassador to the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty negotiations (scientific advisor role)
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chancellor of the University of California, San Diego ⓘ chief scientist of the Advanced Research Projects Agency ⓘ first director of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory ⓘ founding chancellor of the University of California, San Diego ⓘ |
| residence | La Jolla, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wrote |
Arms and the Physicist
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Making Weapons, Talking Peace: A Physicist's Odyssey from Hiroshima to Geneva NERFINISHED ⓘ The Advisors: Oppenheimer, Teller, and the Superbomb NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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