William Penney, Baron Penney
(1909-1991)
English mathematician and physicist
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William George Penney, Baron Penney, OM, KBE, FRS, FRSE (24 June 1909 – 3 March 1991) was an English mathematician and professor of mathematical physics at the Imperial College London and later the rector of Imperial College. He had a leading role in the development of Britain's nuclear programme, a clandestine programme started in 1942 during World War II which produced the first British atomic bomb in 1952.
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24 June 1909 Gibraltar
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3 March 1991 (aged 81) East Hendred, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
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| Zodiac | Cancer |
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