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Lawrence, Ernest Orlando
Lawrence, Ernest Orlando
Manhattan Project
Date of birth:
August 8th, 1901 (Canton/South Dakota, United States)
Date of death:
August 27th, 1958 (Palo Alto/California, United States)
Buried on:
Chapel of Memories Columbarium and Mausoleum
Plot: Garden. Row: South Wall. Grave: 5-3.
Nationality:
American
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Nobel Prize in Physics
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
November 1939
"for the invention and development of the cyclotron and for results obtained with it, especially with regard to artificial radioactive elements”
Medal for Merit
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1946
Awarded for:
Operation Manhattan project
Sources
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Ernest Orlando Lawrence (1901-1958) - Find a Grave
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Ernest Lawrence Facts - NobelPrize.org
- The Michigan Technic - Volume 78 - Page 66
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