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Nicholas Kemmer

British physicist (1911-1998) · United Kingdom · On the map · Scientists · Died at 86

Nicholas Kemmer was a Russian-born nuclear physicist working in Britain, who played an integral and leading edge role in the United Kingdom's nuclear programme, and was known as a mentor of Abdus Salam - a Nobel laureate in physics.

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A life in dates

1998Died21 October 19981983Max Planck MedalAward1975J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial PrizeAward1966Hughes MedalAward1911Born7 December 1911

Awards

Max Planck Medal1983
J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial Prize1975
Hughes Medal1966
Fellow of the Royal Society
Gunning Victoria Jubilee Prize

About this person

Country
United Kingdom
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1911 to 1998 · aged 86