Herbert L. Anderson | |
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| Born | Herbert Lawrence Anderson May 24, 1914 New York City, U.S. |
| Died | July 16, 1988 (aged 74) Los Alamos, New Mexico, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Columbia University (BA, BS, PhD) |
| Known for | Involvement in the Manhattan Project |
| Awards | Enrico Fermi Award (1982) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Nuclear physics |
| Institutions | University of Chicago |
Herbert Lawrence Anderson (May 24, 1914 – July 16, 1988) was an American nuclear physicist who was Professor of Physics at the University of Chicago.
He contributed to the Manhattan Project. He was also a member of the team which made the first demonstration of nuclear fission in the United States, in the basement of Pupin Hall at Columbia University. He participated in the first atomic bomb test, codenamed Trinity. After the close of World War II, he was a professor of physics at the University of Chicago until his retirement in 1982. There, he helped Fermi establish the Enrico Fermi Institute and was its director from 1958 to 1962. The latter part of his career was as a senior fellow at Los Alamos National Laboratory. He was a recipient of the Enrico Fermi Award.