Henry DeWolf Smyth
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Henry DeWolf Smyth was an American physicist and government advisor best known for authoring the official 1945 "Smyth Report" on the development of the atomic bomb.
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| Henry DeWolf Smyth canonical | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
book
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government advisor ⓘ government report ⓘ human ⓘ nuclear physicist ⓘ physicist ⓘ |
| advisorTo |
United States Atomic Energy Commission
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United States War Department NERFINISHED ⓘ United States government NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | H. D. Smyth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author |
Henry DeWolf Smyth
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Henry DeWolf Smyth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorOf |
Atomic Energy for Military Purposes
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Smyth Report NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Atoms for Peace Award
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Medal for Merit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1898-05-01 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Clinton, New York, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1986-09-11 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Princeton University
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Cambridge University ⓘ
surface form:
University of Cambridge
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| employer | Princeton University ⓘ |
| familyName | Smyth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
nuclear physics
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physics ⓘ |
| fullName | Henry DeWolf Smyth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genreOfWriting |
popular science
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scientific report ⓘ |
| givenName | Henry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
authoring the official 1945 report on the development of the atomic bomb
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public explanation of the Manhattan Project ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Physical Society
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National Academy of Sciences ⓘ United States Atomic Energy Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Atomic Energy for Military Purposes
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Smyth Report NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Manhattan Project NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Princeton, New Jersey, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
United States representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency Board of Governors
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chairman of the Physics Department at Princeton University ⓘ member of the United States Atomic Energy Commission ⓘ professor of physics at Princeton University ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1945 ⓘ |
| publicationDateOfNotableWork | 1945 ⓘ |
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