Sir Marcus Laurence Elwin Oliphant

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Sir_Marcus_Laurence_Elwin_Oliphant
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:academic_administrator
gptkb:physicist
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_Adelaide
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Companion_of_the_Order_of_Australia
gptkb:Knight_Bachelor
gptkbp:birthDate 1901-10-08
gptkbp:birthPlace Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
gptkbp:children 2
gptkbp:citizenship gptkb:Australia
gptkbp:deathDate 2000-07-14
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Canberra,_Australia
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Ernest_Rutherford
gptkbp:education gptkb:University_of_Adelaide
gptkbp:field nuclear physics
physics
gptkbp:fieldOfWork nuclear physics
particle physics
physics
gptkbp:founded gptkb:Australian_Academy_of_Science
Research School of Physical Sciences, ANU
gptkbp:honorificPrefix Sir
AC KBE FRS FAA FTSE
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sir Marcus Laurence Elwin Oliphant
gptkbp:influenced Australian science policy
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Ernest_Rutherford
gptkbp:knownFor nuclear physics
work on the Manhattan Project
discovery of tritium and helium-3
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Australian_Academy_of_Science
gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Australian
gptkbp:notableStudent gptkb:Ernest_Titterton
gptkb:John_Clive_Ward
gptkbp:otherName gptkb:Mark_Oliphant
gptkbp:positionHeld gptkb:state_order
Director of the Research School of Physical Sciences, ANU
gptkbp:religion atheism
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Canberra,_Australia
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Canberra,_Australia
gptkbp:signature Marcus Oliphant signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Rosa_Louise_Wilbraham
gptkbp:termEnd Governor of South Australia, 1976
gptkbp:termStart Governor of South Australia, 1971
gptkbp:workInstitution gptkb:Australian_National_University
gptkb:University_of_Birmingham
gptkb:University_of_Cambridge
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Marcus_Oliphant
gptkb:Oliphant,_Mark
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