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Ernest Lawrence

Ernest LawrenceAKA Ernest Orlando Lawrence

Born: 8-Aug-1901
Birthplace: Canton, SD
Died: 27-Aug-1958
Location of death: Palo Alto, CA
Cause of death: unspecified

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Physicist

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Inventor of the cyclotron

Father: Carl Gustav Lawrence (Latin professor)
Wife: Mary Kimberly Blumer (m. May-1932)

    University: Saint Olaf College, Minnesota (transferred)
    University: BS Chemistry, University of South Dakota (1922)
    University: MA, University of Minnesota (1923)
    University: PhD Physics, Yale University (1925)

    Nobel Prize for Physics 1939
    Hughes Medal 1937
    Enrico Fermi Award 1957
    Manhattan Project
    Chemical Element Namesake lawrencium (Lr, 103)


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