Ernest O. Lawrence

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Nobel laureate human inventor nuclear physicist physicist

Ernest O. Lawrence was an American physicist and Nobel laureate best known for inventing the cyclotron and pioneering nuclear physics research.

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Ernest O. Lawrence canonical	22
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Ernest Orlando Lawrence	2

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Nobel laureate ⓘ human ⓘ inventor ⓘ nuclear physicist ⓘ physicist ⓘ
academicDegree	PhD in physics ⓘ
awardReceived	Comstock Prize in Physics ⓘ Duddell Medal and Prize ⓘ Franklin Medal ⓘ Hughes Medal ⓘ Nobel Prize in Physics ⓘ Nobel Prize in Physics ⓘ surface form: Nobel Prize in Physics 1939
birthDate	1901-08-08 ⓘ
birthPlace	Canton, South Dakota, United States ⓘ
burialPlace	Oakland ⓘ surface form: Oakland, California, United States
causeOfDeath	chronic ulcerative colitis complications ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
deathDate	1958-08-27 ⓘ
deathPlace	Palo Alto, California ⓘ surface form: Palo Alto, California, United States
educatedAt	St. Olaf College ⓘ University of Chicago ⓘ University of Minnesota ⓘ University of South Dakota ⓘ Yale University ⓘ
elementNamedAfter	lawrencium ⓘ
employer	University of California, Berkeley ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Americans of Norwegian descent ⓘ
familyName	Lawrence ⓘ
fieldOfWork	nuclear physics ⓘ particle acceleration ⓘ physics ⓘ
founded	Radiation Laboratory ⓘ surface form: Radiation Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley
fullName	Ernest O. Lawrence self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ernest Orlando Lawrence
givenName	Ernest ⓘ
hasSibling	John H. Lawrence ⓘ
influenced	Big Science model of research ⓘ development of large-scale particle accelerators ⓘ
knownFor	Manhattan Project contributions ⓘ development of particle accelerators ⓘ invention of the cyclotron ⓘ pioneering nuclear physics research ⓘ
memberOf	National Academy of Sciences ⓘ surface form: National Academy of Sciences (United States)
namesakeOf	Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory ⓘ Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory ⓘ lawrencium ⓘ surface form: element lawrencium
notableWork	Radiation Laboratory ⓘ surface form: Calutron mass spectrometer cyclotron ⓘ
participatedIn	Manhattan Project ⓘ
positionHeld	director of Radiation Laboratory at Berkeley ⓘ professor of physics at University of California, Berkeley ⓘ
religion	Lutheranism ⓘ
residence	Berkeley ⓘ surface form: Berkeley, California, United States
workLocation	Berkeley ⓘ surface form: Berkeley, California, United States

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Manhattan Project → keyScientist → Ernest O. Lawrence ⓘ

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Now It Can Be Told: The Story of the Manhattan Project → describesPerson → Ernest O. Lawrence ⓘ

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Edwin McMillan → studiedUnder → Ernest O. Lawrence ⓘ

Pandora’s Keepers: Nine Men and the Atomic Bomb → focusesOn → Ernest O. Lawrence ⓘ

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Ernest O. Lawrence Award → namedAfter → Ernest O. Lawrence ⓘ

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Presidential Medal of Merit → hasRecipient → Ernest O. Lawrence ⓘ

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Philip Hauge Abelson → doctoralAdvisor → Ernest O. Lawrence ⓘ

Robert M. Latimer → namedAfter → Ernest O. Lawrence ⓘ

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