| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:person 
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                                | gptkbp:almaMater | gptkb:University_of_Oxford 
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                                | gptkbp:awardReceived | gptkb:Copley_Medal gptkb:Fellow_of_the_Royal_Society
 gptkb:Hughes_Medal
 gptkb:Wolf_Prize_in_Physics
 Knighthood
 
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                                | gptkbp:birthDate | 1925-01-18 
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                                | gptkbp:birthPlace | gptkb:Berlin,_Germany 
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                                | gptkbp:children | 3 
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                                | gptkbp:deathDate | 2023-07-03 
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                                | gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor | gptkb:William_Lawrence_Bragg 
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                                | gptkbp:editor | gptkb:Philosophical_Magazine 
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                                | gptkbp:education | gptkb:St_John's_College,_Oxford 
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                                | gptkbp:fieldOfWork | materials science physics
 
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                                | gptkbp:fullName | gptkb:Peter_Bernhard_Hirsch 
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                                | gptkbp:honorificPrefix | gptkb:FRS gptkb:FREng
 
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                                | gptkbp:knownFor | dislocation theory pioneering work in electron microscopy of metals
 
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                                | gptkbp:memberOf | gptkb:Royal_Society 
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                                | gptkbp:nationality | British 
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                                | gptkbp:notableStudent | gptkb:Michael_J._Whelan gptkb:Archibald_Howie
 gptkb:M._J._Goringe
 gptkb:David_Cockayne
 gptkb:John_Steeds
 
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                                | gptkbp:occupation | gptkb:physicist gptkb:materials_scientist
 
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                                | gptkbp:residence | gptkb:United_Kingdom 
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                                | gptkbp:spouse | gptkb:Sheila_Gwynne_Thomas 
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                                | gptkbp:title | Sir 
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                                | gptkbp:workInstitution | gptkb:Cavendish_Laboratory gptkb:University_of_Oxford
 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:Department_of_Materials 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 7 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | Sir Peter Hirsch 
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