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Enrico Fermi

Italian–American physicist (1901–1954).

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Given Name

Enrico

Spouse

Laura Fermi
(7/19/1928 - 11/28/1954)
End Time
: 11/28/1954
Start Time
: 7/19/1928

Doctoral Advisor

Luigi Puccianti
(1922)
Educated At
:
University of Pisa
Point in Time
: 1922

Employer

University of Florence
(1924 - 1926)
End Time
: 1926
Start Time
: 1924
Sapienza University of Rome
(1926 - 1938)
End Time
: 1938
Start Time
: 1926
Columbia University
(1939 - 1942)
End Time
: 1942
Start Time
: 1939
University of Chicago
(1942 - 1954)
End Time
: 1954
Start Time
: 1942
University of Göttingen
Leiden University
Enrico Fermi Institute

Place of Birth

Rome
Country
:
Kingdom of Italy

Member Of

11 items
Royal Society
(4/27/1950 - )
Start Time
: 4/27/1950
German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
Accademia Nazionale Dei Lincei
(1935 - )
Start Time
: 1935
Academy of Sciences of the USSR
(1929 - )
Subject Has Role
:
Foreign Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Start Time
: 1929
American Philosophical Society
(1939 - )
Start Time
: 1939
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Accademia Nazionale Delle Scienze Detta Dei XL
National Academy of Sciences
(1945 - )
Subject Has Role
:
Member of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States
Start Time
: 1945
Academy of Sciences of Turin
(5/27/1928 - )
Start Time
: 5/27/1928
Accademia Tiberina
Romanian Academy

Place of Death

Chicago

Date of Death

11/28/1954

Place of Burial

Oak Woods Cemetery
Burial Plot Reference
:V-145
Coordinate Location
: 41.7715°N 87.5967°W

Residence

United States
(1/2/1939 - 11/28/1954)
Has Cause
:
Emigration
End Time
: 11/28/1954
Start Time
: 1/2/1939
Rome
Italy

Award Received

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Nobel Prize in Physics
(1938)
Award Rationale
: for his demonstrations of the existence of new radioactive elements produced by neutron irradiation, and for his related discovery of nuclear reactions brought about by slow neutrons
Award Rationale
: för hans påvisande av nya radioaktiva grundämnen, framställda genom neutronbestrålning, och hans i anslutning därtill gjorda upptäckt av kärnreaktioner, åstadkomna genom långsamma neutroner
Point in Time
: 1938
Prize Money
: 155,077 Swedish krona
Max Planck Medal
(1954)
Point in Time
: 1954
Rumford Prize
(1953)
Point in Time
: 1953
Matteucci Medal
(1926)
Point in Time
: 1926
Franklin Medal
(1947)
Point in Time
: 1947
Hughes Medal
(1942)
Point in Time
: 1942
Henry Norris Russell Lectureship
(1953)
Point in Time
: 1953
National Inventors Hall of Fame
(1976)
Has Characteristic
:
Posthumous Recognition
Point in Time
: 1976
Silliman Memorial Lectures
(1949)
Point in Time
: 1949
Barnard Medal for Meritorious Service to Science
(1950)
Point in Time
: 1950
Richtmyer Memorial Lecture Award
(1952)
Point in Time
: 1952
Fellow of the American Physical Society
Foreign Member of the Royal Society
(4/27/1950)
Point in Time
: 4/27/1950

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Instance Of

Human

Commons Gallery

Enrico Fermi

Cause of Death

Stomach Cancer

Described by Source

Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)
Section
:Ферми Энрико
Volume
:27 : Ульяновск — Франкфорт
Page(s)
:306
Author
:
Bruno Pontecorvo
Publication Date
: 1977
Obálky Knih
URL
:bug2: http://wikiba.se/ontology#Url
Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Q43400732
Physicists: Biographical Dictionary
Page(s)
:275

Manner of Death

Natural Causes

Participant In

Manhattan Project

Nominated For

10 items
Nobel Prize in Physics
(1935)
Point in Time
: 1935
Nobel Prize in Physics
(1936)
Point in Time
: 1936
Nobel Prize in Physics
(1937)
Point in Time
: 1937
Nobel Prize in Physics
(1938)
Point in Time
: 1938
Nobel Prize in Physics
(1939)
Point in Time
: 1939
Nobel Prize in Physics
(1947)
Point in Time
: 1947
Nobel Prize in Physics
(1948)
Point in Time
: 1948
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
(1935)
Point in Time
: 1935
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
(1936)
Point in Time
: 1936
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
(1937)
Point in Time
: 1937

Name in Native Language

Enrico Fermi

Student

Chen-Ning Yang
Murray Gell-Mann
Mario Ageno
Tsung-Dao Lee
Emilio G. Segrè
Owen Chamberlain

Religion or Worldview

Agnosticism

Influenced By

Otto Hahn
Joseph Fourier

Sex or Gender

Male

Student Of

Max Born
Paul Ehrenfest

Archives At

University of Chicago Library

Family Name

Fermi

Date of Birth

9/29/1901

Native Language

Italian

Academic Thesis

Un Teorema Di Calcolo Delle Probabilità Ed Alcune Sue Applicazioni
Publication Date
: 1922

Notable Work

Fermi–Dirac Statistics
Fermi's Golden Rule
Fermi Paradox
Thomas–Fermi Model
Fermi Problem
Fermi's Interaction
Fermi Contact Interaction
Fermi–Pasta–Ulam–Tsingou Problem

Academic Degree

Doctor of Philosophy

Educated At

University of Pisa
Scuola Normale Superiore. Classe Di Scienze
(1918 - 1922)
Subject Has Role
:
Q114878512
Academic Degree
:
Diploma Di Licenza Della Scuola Normale Superiore
End Time
: 1922
Start Time
: 1918
Leiden University
(1923 - 1924)
End Time
: 1924
Start Time
: 1923
University of Göttingen
(1923 - 1923)
End Time
: 1923
Start Time
: 1923

Occupation

Physicist
Theoretical Physicist
Nuclear Physicist
University Teacher
Inventor

Writing Language

Italian
English

Languages Spoken, Written or Signed

Italian
English

Country of Citizenship

Kingdom of Italy
(9/29/1901 - 6/18/1946)
End Time
: 6/18/1946
Start Time
: 9/29/1901
Italy
(6/18/1946 - 11/28/1954)
End Time
: 11/28/1954
Start Time
: 6/18/1946
United States

Field of Work

Nuclear Physics
Quantum Mechanics
Statistical Mechanics
Physics
Nuclear Reaction
Quantum Theory
Particle Physics
Theoretical Physics
Experimental Physics

Interested In

Physics
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