Mark Oliphant

GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_Adelaide
gptkbp:award gptkb:Companion_of_the_Order_of_Australia
gptkb:Hughes_Medal
gptkb:Knight_Bachelor
gptkbp:birthDate 1901-10-08
gptkbp:birthPlace Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
gptkbp:children 2
gptkbp:deathDate 2000-07-14
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Canberra,_Australian_Capital_Territory,_Australia
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Ernest_Rutherford
gptkbp:field nuclear physics
physics
gptkbp:founded gptkb:Australian_National_University_Research_School_of_Physical_Sciences
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Marcus_Laurence_Elwin_Oliphant
gptkbp:honor gptkb:Mark_Oliphant_College
gptkb:Oliphant_Building,_University_of_Adelaide
gptkb:Oliphant_Science_Awards
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Mark Oliphant
gptkbp:influenced Australian science policy
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Ernest_Rutherford
gptkbp:knownFor discovery of helium-3
discovery of tritium
work on nuclear fusion
work on the Manhattan Project
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Australian_Academy_of_Science
gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Australian
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:academic
gptkb:physicist
gptkb:state_order
gptkbp:positionHeld gptkb:state_order
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Edric_Bastyan
gptkbp:religion atheism
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Adelaide,_Australia
gptkb:Canberra,_Australia
gptkbp:signature Mark Oliphant signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Rosa_Louise_Wilbraham
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Keith_Seaman
gptkbp:termEnd 1976
gptkbp:termStart 1971
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Tube_Alloys
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3