Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03

Lise Meitner Biography and Timeline

Follow Lise Meitner through 2 dated historical records for Germany.

Lise Meitner, historical timeline

A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.

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1934–1939Years on this page

1934

Uranium Research

Physicist · Berlin · Science / Physics

Begins uranium neutron research with Hahn and Strassmann.

Role range: 1878-1968

1939

Fission Energy Interpretation

Physicist · Sweden · Science / Physics

With Otto Frisch, explains uranium fission and estimates the large energy release using mass-energy equivalence.

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