Sir Mark Oliphant

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:civil_servant
gptkb:physicist
university president
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_Adelaide
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Companion_of_the_Order_of_Australia
gptkb:Faraday_Medal
gptkb:Fellow_of_the_Royal_Society
gptkb:Hughes_Medal
gptkb:Knight_Bachelor
gptkbp:birthDate 1901-10-08
gptkbp:birthPlace Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
gptkbp:children gptkb:Geoffrey_Oliphant
gptkb:Michael_Oliphant
gptkbp:deathDate 2000-07-14
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Canberra,_Australian_Capital_Territory,_Australia
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Ernest_Rutherford
gptkbp:education gptkb:University_of_Adelaide
gptkbp:field nuclear physics
particle physics
physics
gptkbp:founded gptkb:Australian_Academy_of_Science
gptkb:Australian_National_University_Research_School_of_Physical_Sciences
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Marcus_Laurence_Elwin_Oliphant
gptkbp:honorificPrefix Sir
AC KBE FRS FAA FTSE
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sir 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
contributions to the atomic bomb
contributions to the development of radar
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Australian_Academy_of_Science
gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Australian
gptkbp:notableStudent gptkb:Ernest_Titterton
gptkb:John_Carver
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Oliphant–Cockcroft–Walton_experiment
gptkb:Oliphant–Lawrence_experiment
gptkb:Oliphant–Rutherford_experiment
gptkbp:positionHeld gptkb:state_order
gptkbp:religion atheism
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Canberra,_Australia
gptkbp:signature Mark Oliphant signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Rosa_Louise_Wilbraham
gptkbp:termEnd 1976
gptkbp:termStart 1971
gptkbp:workInstitution gptkb:Australian_National_University
gptkb:University_of_Adelaide
gptkb:University_of_Birmingham
gptkb:University_of_Cambridge
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Australian_Academy_of_Science
gptkb:Oliphant_Building,_University_of_Adelaide
gptkb:Oliphant_Science_Awards
gptkb:Australian_Academy_of_the_Humanities
gptkb:Prince_Alfred_College
gptkb:St_Peter's_College,_Adelaide
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5