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Mark Oliphant was an Australian and American physicist and governor. Born in Adelaide in 1901, he died in Canberra in 2000. He worked in physics and served as the Governor of South Australia, residing at Government House. His professional affiliations included the University of Birmingham, the Australian National University, and the University of Adelaide. He was a member of the Royal Society and the Australian Academy of Science.

Oliphant participated in the Manhattan Project and was educated at the University of Adelaide and the University of Cambridge. His doctoral advisor was Ernest Rutherford, who also influenced his work. He supervised doctoral student Ernest William Titterton. His awards included the Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire, the Hughes Medal, the Rutherford Medal and Prize, and the Faraday Medal. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Physics.