# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-penney-baron-penney
# Generated: 2026-08-15T06:42:03.094Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-penney-baron-penney"
name: "William Penney, Baron Penney"
slug: "william-penney-baron-penney"
description: "William George Penney, Baron Penney, was an English mathematician and professor of mathematical physics at the Imperial College London and later the rector of Imperial College London. He had a leading role in the development of High Explosive Research, Britain's clandestine nuclear programme that started in 1942 during the Second World War which produced the first British atomic bomb in 1952."
tagline: "English mathematician and physicist (1909-1991)"
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  isoCode: "GB"
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1909-06-24"
deathDate: "1991-03-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump