Mark Oliphant Biography

Historical biography and chronological timeline for Mark Oliphant, based on 2 World History Database records associated with Great Britain.

2 records1937–19432 events1 places

Chronological biography

1937

University of Birmingham1937

Science / Education · Poynting Professor of Physics · Birmingham

Oliphant becomes Poynting Professor and expands experimental nuclear physics at Birmingham.

1943

Manhattan Project1943

Science / Physics · Physicist · Birmingham

Moves from Birmingham nuclear research into Allied atomic bomb work.

Titles and roles

Physicist · Poynting Professor of Physics

Record provenance

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