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J. Robert Oppenheimer

Award received: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q931545&amp;oldid=2491696282" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Enrico Fermi Award · dated 1963
Notable work: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q650051&amp;oldid=2558801200" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">nuclear bomb
Employer: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q168756&amp;oldid=2557483561" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">University of California, Berkeley
Public office: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q1162163&amp;oldid=2564917960" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">director · from 1947 · to 1966
Education: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q13371&amp;oldid=2560802993" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Harvard University
Award received: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q10855271&amp;oldid=2563558427" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Knight of the Legion of Honour · dated 1958

Wikidata describes J. Robert Oppenheimer as American theoretical physicist (1904–1967).

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