William Penney, Baron Penney

Description: (British Mathematician and Nuclear Physicist Who Led Britain’s Development of the Atomic Bomb)
Nuclear physicist William Penney, Baron Penney is remembered as the man behind Britain’s research on the atomic bomb. While leading the Manhattan Project, he devised ways to quantify the damage that atom bombs can cause. He was knighted for his achievements, and became a life peer, too.

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Birthday June 24, 1909 (Cancer)
Born In Gibraltar
Died on March 3, 1991
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