Nicholas Kemmer | |
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| Born | 7 December 1911 |
| Died | 21 October 1998 (aged 86) Edinburgh, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
| Citizenship | British–German–Russian |
| Alma mater | University of Göttingen University of Zurich Imperial College London |
| Known for | British nuclear programme Neutron scattering Duffin–Kemmer–Petiau algebra |
| Awards | Gunning Victoria Jubilee Prize (1984) Max Planck Medal (1983) J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial Prize (1975) Hughes Medal (1966) FRS (1956)[1] |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Nuclear physics |
| Institutions | Tube Alloys Manhattan Project Trinity College, Cambridge Berkeley Radiation Laboratory University of Edinburgh |
| Doctoral advisor | Wolfgang Pauli Gregor Wentzel |
| Doctoral students | Abdus Salam Paul Taunton Matthews Richard Dalitz John Stephen Roy Chisholm Lalit Mohan Nath |
Nicholas Kemmer FRS FRSE (7 December 1911 – 21 October 1998) was a Russian-born nuclear physicist working in Britain, who played an integral and leading edge role in United Kingdom's nuclear programme, and was known as a mentor of Abdus Salam – a Nobel laureate in physics.