Meitner, Lise b. November 17, 1878 d. October 27, 1968 Nuclear Physicist. Discovered nuclear fusion in conjunction with her nephew Otto Frisch. After receiving her doctorate from Vienna University in February 1906 she moved to Berlin and obtained a post working with Otto Hahn on radioactivity. In 1918 they announced the discovery of the 91st element, protactinium. She became a professor of physics at Berlin University in 1926 but, despite having converted to Christianity in 1908, her Jewish origins caused her increasing problems with the Nazis and...[Read More] (Bio by: Jeremy Fellows) St James Churchyard, Bramley, Hampshire, England
b. November 17, 1878 d. October 27, 1968