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Rudolf Peierls
Rudolf Ernst Peierls
German-born British physicist.
Statements about
Rudolf Peierls
Sex or Gender
Male
Occupation
Theoretical Physicist
University Teacher
Physicist
Nuclear Physicist
Member Of
Royal Society
(3/22/1945 - )
Subject Has Role
:
Fellow of the Royal Society
Start Time
:
3/22/1945
Academy of Sciences of the USSR
(1988 - )
Subject Has Role
:
Foreign Member
Start Time
:
1988
French Academy of Sciences
(1984 - )
Subject Has Role
:
Foreign Member
Start Time
:
1984
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Russian Academy of Sciences
German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
American Physical Society
National Academy of Sciences
(1970 - )
Subject Has Role
:
Foreign Associate of the National Academy of Sciences
Start Time
:
1970
Place of Birth
Berlin
Place of Death
Oxford
Country of Citizenship
United Kingdom
(1940 - )
Start Time
:
1940
Germany
Date of Birth
6/5/1907
Date of Death
9/19/1995
Instance Of
Human
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Award Received
14 items
Fellow of the Royal Society
(1945)
Point in Time
:
1945
Copley Medal
(1986)
Award Rationale
:
In recognition of his fundamental contributions to a very wide range of theoretical physics, and signal advances in proposing the probable existence of nuclear chain reactions in fissile materials.
Point in Time
:
1986
Royal Medal
(1959)
Point in Time
:
1959
Max Planck Medal
(1963)
Point in Time
:
1963
Lorentz Medal
(1962)
Point in Time
:
1962
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
(1946)
Point in Time
:
1946
IOP Dirac Medal
(1991)
Point in Time
:
1991
Matteucci Medal
(1982)
Point in Time
:
1982
Enrico Fermi Award
(1980)
Point in Time
:
1980
Guthrie Medal and Prize
(1968)
Point in Time
:
1968
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Knight Bachelor
Rutherford Medal and Prize
(1952)
Point in Time
:
1952
Medal of Freedom
(1946)
Point in Time
:
1946
Given Name
Rudolf
Series Ordinal
:
1
Ernst
Series Ordinal
:
2
Educated At
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
(1926 - 1928)
Start Time
:
1926
End Time
:
1928
Frederick William University Berlin
(1925 - 1926)
Start Time
:
1925
End Time
:
1926
Leipzig University
(1928 - 1929)
Start Time
:
1928
End Time
:
1929
Work Location
Oxford
Described by Source
Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)
Section
:
Пайерлс Рудольф Эрнст
Physicists: Biographical Dictionary
Page(s)
:
204
Student
Klaus Fuchs
Doctoral Advisor
Werner Heisenberg
Object of Statement Has Role
:
First Doctoral Advisor
Friedrich Hund
Object of Statement Has Role
:
Second Doctoral Advisor
Peter Debye
Object of Statement Has Role
:
Third Doctoral Advisor
Participant In
Manhattan Project
Employer
University of Oxford
(1963 - 1974)
Start Time
:
1963
End Time
:
1974
University of Birmingham
(1937 - 1963)
Start Time
:
1937
End Time
:
1963
Leiden University
(1976 - )
Position Held
:
Extraordinary Professor
Part Of
:
Faculteit Der Wiskunde en Natuurwetenschappen
Start Time
:
1976
Victoria University of Manchester
(1932 - 1935)
Start Time
:
1932
End Time
:
1935
ETH Zurich
(1929 - 1932)
Start Time
:
1929
End Time
:
1932
University of Cambridge
(1935 - 1937)
Start Time
:
1935
End Time
:
1937
Field of Work
Theoretical Physics
Languages Spoken, Written or Signed
English
German
Name in Native Language
Rudolf Ernst Peierls
Family Name
Peierls
Residence
United Kingdom
Professorship
Wykeham Professor
(1963 - 1974)
Replaces
:
Willis Lamb
Replaced By
:
Roger James Elliott
Field of Work
:
Physics
Start Time
:
1963
End Time
:
1974
Academic Thesis
Zur Kinetischen Theorie Der Wärmeleitung in Kristallen
URL
:
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Publication Date
:
1929
Father
Heinrich Peierls
Notable Work
Frisch–Peierls Memorandum
Peierls Transition
Spin-Peierls Transition
Peierls Bracket
Peierls Stress
Peierls Substitution
Boltzmann–Peierls Equation
Child
Ronald F. Peierls
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