Italian-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1901)

Enrico Fermi

Enrico Fermi was an Italian–American physicist, renowned for being the creator of the world's first artificial nuclear reactor, the Chicago Pile-1, and a member of the Manhattan Project. He won the 1938 Nobel Prize in Physics "for his demonstrations of the existence of new radioactive elements produced by neutron irradiation, and for his related discovery of nuclear reactions brought about by slow neutrons". He has been called the "architect of the nuclear age" and the "architect of the atomic bomb". He was one of very few physicists to excel in both theoretical and experimental physics.

Born

1901

September 29

Died

1954

Era

1900s

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Enrico, in brief

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Key dates

1901 Born
1954 Died

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-61 Pompey the Great celebrates his third triumph for victories over the pirates and the end of the Mithridatic Wars on his 45th birthday.
1011 Danes capture Canterbury after a siege, taking Ælfheah, archbishop of Canterbury, as a prisoner.
1227 Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, is excommunicated by Pope Gregory IX for his failure to participate in the Crusades during the Investiture Controversy.
1267 The Treaty of Montgomery recognises Llywelyn ap Gruffudd as Prince of Wales, but only as a vassal of King Henry III.

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The world in 1901

When Enrico arrived

april 25 New York becomes the first U.S. state to require automobile license plates.
august 10 The U.S. Steel recognition strike by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers begins.
august 14 The first claimed powered flight, by Gustave Whitehead in his Number 21.
august 21 Six hundred American school teachers, Thomasites, arrived in Manila on the USAT Thomas.

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Same-day contemporaries

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Silvio Berlusconi 1936–2023 Italian businessman and politician, Prime Minister of Italy (born 1936) Clarence Ashley 1895– American singer, guitarist, and banjo player (died 1967) Eddie Tolan 1908–1967 American sprinter and educator (born 1908) Greer Garson 1904–1996 English-American actress (born 1904) Guadalupe Victoria 1786–1843 Mexican general and politician, 1st President of Mexico (born 1786) Jim Baxter 1939–2001 Scottish footballer (born 1939) Kevin Durant 1988– American basketball player Lizabeth Scott 1922–2015 American actress (born 1922) Ludwig von Mises 1881–1973 Ukrainian-American economist and sociologist (born 1881)

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1901

Walt Disney 1901–1966 American animator, director, producer, and screenwriter, co-founded The Walt Disney Company (born 1901) Adolph Rupp 1901–1977 American basketball player and coach (born 1901) André Malraux 1901–1976 French theorist and author (born 1901) Andreas Embirikos 1901–1975 Greek poet and photographer (born 1901) Art Rooney 1901–1988 American businessman, founded the Pittsburgh Steelers (born 1901) Charles Brenton Huggins 1901–1997 Canadian-American physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1901) Claude Autant-Lara 1901–2000 French director, screenwriter, and politician (died 2000) Ed Begley 1901–1970 American actor (born 1901) Eiji Tsuburaya 1901–1970 Japanese director and producer (born 1901)

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