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.

Aliases (2)

Ernest Lawrence ×5
Ernest Orlando Lawrence ×1

Statements (53)

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 1939 →
birthDate	1901-08-08 →
birthPlace	Canton, South Dakota, United States →
burialPlace	Oakland, California, United States →
causeOfDeath	chronic ulcerative colitis complications →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
deathDate	1958-08-27 →
deathPlace	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 at the University of California, Berkeley →
fullName	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 (United States) →
namesakeOf	Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory → Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory → element lawrencium →
notableWork	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, California, United States →
workLocation	Berkeley, California, United States →

Referenced by (23)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory → Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory → lawrencium →	namedAfter
Secret City → Site X →	associatedWith
Alfred Loomis ("Ernest Lawrence") → John H. Lawrence →	collaboratedWith
Office of Scientific Research and Development → Radiation Laboratory →	employerOf
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory → Radiation Laboratory →	foundedBy
Ernest ("Ernest Lawrence") →	borneBy
Now It Can Be Told: The Story of the Manhattan Project →	describesPerson
Robert R. Wilson ("Ernest Lawrence") →	doctoralAdvisor
Manhattan Engineer District →	employed
Ernest O. Lawrence ("Ernest Orlando Lawrence") →	fullName
lawrencium →	hasNameOrigin
Canton, South Dakota →	hasNotablePerson
Tuxedo Park private laboratory ("Ernest Lawrence") →	hostedScientist
Robert R. Wilson ("Ernest Lawrence") →	influencedBy
Manhattan Project →	keyScientist
John H. Lawrence →	relative
John H. Lawrence →	sibling