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Otto Robert Frisch
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Austrian-born British nuclear physicist
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Otto Robert Frisch was an Austrian-born nuclear physicist and university teacher who held citizenship in both Austria and the United Kingdom. Educated at the University of Vienna, he worked in Cambridge and was influenced by Rudolf Peierls. His professional career included teaching positions at the University of Hamburg, the University of Birmingham, and the University of London, including Birkbeck, University of London. He spoke English and German.
Frisch participated in the Manhattan Project and was a Fellow of the Royal Society. He was nominated for both the Nobel Prize in Physics and the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Born in Vienna on October 1, 1904, he died in Cambridge on September 22, 1979. His work focused on nuclear physics, and he is recognized in the Royal Society collection.
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1904-10-01 ) 1 October 1904, Vienna , Austria-Hungary
- Died
- 22 September 1979 (1979-09-22) (aged 74), Cambridge , United Kingdom
- Citizenship
- Austria, United Kingdom
- Alma mater
- University of Vienna
- Known for
- Atomic bomb
- Awards
- Fellow of the Royal Society
- Fields
- Physics
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Robert
- Family name
- Frisch
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Vienna
- Place of death
- Cambridge
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- University of Vienna
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- Manhattan Project
- Field of work
- nuclear physics
- Image
- Otto Frisch Los Alamos ID badge photo.jpg
- Work location
- Cambridge
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- date of birth
- 1904-10-01
- date of death
- 1979-09-22
- Commons category
- Otto Frisch
- member of
- Royal Society
- nominated for
- Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- ethnic group
- Austrians
- influenced by
- Rudolf Peierls
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- Lee Jung-hee
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Encyclopedic overview
Otto Robert Frisch OBE FRS (1 October 1904 – 22 September 1979) was an Austrian-born British physicist who worked on nuclear physics. With Otto Stern and Immanuel Estermann, he first measured the magnetic moment of the proton. With his aunt, Lise Meitner, he advanced the first theoretical explanation of nuclear fission (coining the term) and first experimentally detected the fission by-products. Later, with his collaborator, Rudolf Peierls, he designed the first theoretical mechanism for the detonation of an atomic bomb in 1940. Leading the Los Alamos Critical Assemblies experiments in 1945, he oversaw the world's first prompt criticality in the Dragon device.
Early life
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