Sir William Penney

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
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gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Imperial_College_London
gptkb:University_College_London
gptkbp:awarded gptkb:Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire
gptkb:Companion_of_Honour
gptkb:Fellow_of_the_Royal_Society
gptkb:Knight_Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire
gptkb:order_of_merit
gptkbp:birthDate 1909-06-24
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Gosport,_Hampshire,_England
gptkbp:children one son
gptkbp:contributedTo gptkb:Manhattan_Project
gptkbp:deathDate 1991-03-03
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:East_Hendred,_Oxfordshire,_England
gptkbp:field gptkb:mathematics
nuclear physics
physics
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:William_George_Penney
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gptkb:Imperial_College_London
gptkb:University_of_California,_Berkeley
gptkbp:honorificPrefix The Right Honourable
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gptkb:British_nuclear_weapons_program
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gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:militaryService gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableStudent gptkb:Sir_Brian_Flowers
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gptkb:British_hydrogen_bomb_development
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:mathematician
gptkb:physicist
gptkbp:peerage gptkb:Baron_Penney_of_East_Hendred
gptkbp:researchArea nuclear weapons
shock waves
explosions
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Rosemary_Penney
gptkbp:title gptkb:Baron_Penney
Sir
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