Birth of Edward Teller
Birth of Edward Teller, helped develop the 1st hydrogen bomb
Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03
Edward Teller Biography and Timeline
Follow Edward Teller through 7 dated historical records for Hungary.
Edward Teller, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
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1908–1944Years on this page
1908
1930
Doctoral Study in Leipzig
Studies theoretical physics in Leipzig under Werner Heisenberg.
1942
Manhattan Project
Robert Oppenheimer convenes a summer conference at the University of California, Berkeley to discuss the design of a fission bomb, Edward Teller brings up the possibility of a hydrogen bomb as a major point of discussion
Manhattan Project
Robert Oppenheimer convenes a summer conference at the University of California, Berkeley to discuss the design of a fission bomb, Edward Teller brings up the possibility of a hydrogen bomb as a major point of discussion
Manhattan Project
Robert Oppenheimer convenes a summer conference at the University of California, Berkeley to discuss the design of a fission bomb, Edward Teller brings up the possibility of a hydrogen bomb as a major point of discussion.
Manhattan Project
Theorists Hans Bethe, John Van Vleck, Edward Teller, Felix Bloch, Emil Konopinski, Robert Serber, Stanley S. Frankel, and Eldred C. Nelson (the latter three all former students of Oppenheimer) quickly confirm that a fission bomb is feasible.
1944
Implosion Theory Group
An implosion theory group is established at Los Alamos with Teller as its first head.
Records, sources and methodology
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