Ernest O. Lawrence

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:inventor
gptkb:physicist
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_Minnesota
gptkb:University_of_South_Dakota
gptkb:Yale_University
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Comstock_Prize_in_Physics
gptkb:Enrico_Fermi_Award
gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics
gptkbp:birthDate 1901-08-08
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Canton,_South_Dakota,_USA
gptkbp:causeOfDeath chronic colitis
gptkbp:children gptkb:Mary_Lawrence
gptkb:Robert_Lawrence
gptkbp:deathDate 1958-08-27
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Palo_Alto,_California,_USA
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:William_Francis_Gray_Swann
gptkbp:doctoralStudent gptkb:Edwin_McMillan
gptkb:Glenn_T._Seaborg
gptkb:Luis_Walter_Alvarez
gptkb:Robert_R._Wilson
gptkbp:employer gptkb:University_of_California,_Berkeley
gptkbp:ethnicity Norwegian-American
gptkbp:field physics
gptkbp:founded gptkb:Lawrence_Berkeley_National_Laboratory
gptkb:Lawrence_Livermore_National_Laboratory
gptkbp:honor Lawrence Hall of Science named after him
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory named after him
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory named after him
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Ernest O. Lawrence
gptkbp:influenced particle accelerator technology
gptkbp:knownFor Centrifuge
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:American_Physical_Society
gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Lawrencium
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:NobelPrizeMotivation for the invention and development of the cyclotron and for results obtained with it, especially with regard to artificial radioactive isotopes
gptkbp:NobelPrizeYear 1939
gptkbp:notableWork development of the cyclotron
gptkbp:participatedIn gptkb:Manhattan_Project
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Methodist
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Berkeley,_California,_USA
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Golden_Gate_National_Cemetery
gptkbp:sibling gptkb:John_H._Lawrence
gptkbp:signature Ernest O. Lawrence signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Mary_Kimberly_Blumer
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Presidential_Medal_for_Merit
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