Mark Oliphant
Nuclear physicist, Governor of South Australia (1901-2000) · Australia · On the map · Scientists · Died at 98
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.
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2000Died14 July 20001979ANZAAS MedalAward1977Companion of the Order of AustraliaAward1974James Cook MedalAward1961Matthew Flinders Medal and LectureAward1959Knight Commander of the Order of the British EmpireAward1955Royal Society Bakerian MedalAward1953Fellow of the Australian Academy of ScienceAward1948Faraday MedalAward1946Rutherford Medal and PrizeAward1943Hughes MedalAward1901Born8 October 1901
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![The Cavendish Laboratory was the home of some of the great discoveries in physics. It was founded in 1874 by the Duke of Devonshire (Cavendish was his family name), and its first professor was James Clerk Maxwell.[20]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/The_Cavendish_Laboratory_-_geograph.org.uk_-_631839.jpg/500px-The_Cavendish_Laboratory_-_geograph.org.uk_-_631839.jpg)
The Cavendish Laboratory was the home of some of the great discoveries in physics. It was founded in 1874 by the Duke of Devonshire (Cavendish was his family name), and its first professor was James Clerk Maxwell.[20]
Sir Ernest Rutherford's laboratory, 1926![The Poynting Physics building (right) at the University of Birmingham. Its mode of construction helped give rise to the phrase "redbrick university".[27]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Poynting_Physics_building_1.jpg/1280px-Poynting_Physics_building_1.jpg)
The Poynting Physics building (right) at the University of Birmingham. Its mode of construction helped give rise to the phrase "redbrick university".[27]
Anode of the original cavity magnetron developed by John Randall and Harry Boot at Birmingham University
The giant Alpha I racetrack at the Y-12 National Security Complex at Oak Ridge, Tennessee, used for electromagnetic separation.
Oliphant (left) with Ernest Orlando Lawrence and 184-inch cyclotron under construction at Berkeley on 22 September 1941
The University of Birmingham - Poynting Physics Building - blue plaqueAwards
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Lived 1901 to 2000 · aged 98
