# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mark-oliphant
# Generated: 2026-08-12T16:47:34.410Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/mark-oliphant"
name: "Mark Oliphant"
slug: "mark-oliphant"
description: "Sir Marcus Laurence Elwin Oliphant was an Australian physicist and humanitarian who played an important role in the first experimental demonstration of nuclear fusion and in the development of nuclear weapons."
tagline: "Nuclear physicist, Governor of South Australia (1901–2000)"
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birthDate: "1901-10-08"
deathDate: "2000-07-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump