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Leader of the British effort on the Manhattan Project, a research and development project that produced the first nuclear weapons of WWII.

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Died October 19, 1937 – strangulated hernia.

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1898 discovered existence of alpha and beta rays in uranium radiation.

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As World War II broke out, they played a prominent role in developing the atomic bomb.

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Was a research student under J.J. Thomson at Cavendish Laboratory.

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Born August 30, 1871 – Nelson, New Zealand

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Studied at University of New Zealand.

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Demonstrated that the high penetrating beam produced by the Joliot-Curie’s, was not actually gamma rays, but made of particles that had approximately the same mass as protons.

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