Person Bethe; Hans Albrecht (1906 - 2005) Bethe Hans Albrecht 1906 - 2005 American Male Strasbourg, Germany 02/07/1906 19060702 Ithaca, New York 06/03/2005 20050306

Theoretical physicist Education: Goethe Gymnasium, Frankfurt-am-Main (1915-1924); read Physics at Frankfurt University; doctorate in theoretical physics at Munich University (1926-1928), used quantum mechanics in his work on electron diffraction and refraction in crystals Career: Lecturer, Frankfurt, Stuttgart and Munich universities (1928-1929); Rockefeller International Fellowship - worked with Sir Ernest Rutherford (Cambridge) and Enrico Fermi (Rome); Assistant Professor,Tubingen University (1932-1933) but lost his job as his mother was Jewish; supported by Academic Assistance Council (Society for the Protection of Science and Learning), worked at Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge with R H Fowler; visiting lectureship, University of Manchester (1933-1934); fellowship at Bristol University (1934-1935); Assistant Professor of Theoretical Physics, Cornell University (1935-1937), Professor (1937-1975), Professor Emeritus; awarded Morrison Prize by New York Academy of Sciences (1938 and 1940); worked on microwave radar, Radiation Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1942); Head of Theoretical Physics Division, Los Alamos Atomic Scientific Laboratory (Manhattan Project) (1943-1946); consultant, Atomic Energy Commission (1945-1964); part of nine man Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists led by Albert Einstein who saught to educate the public about atomic energy (1946); invited to return to Los Alamos (1949) to develop hydrogen bomb but declined to be involved; member of US Presidential science advisory committee (1956-1959); John Wendell Anderson Professor of Physics, Emeritus, Cornell University. Medals and prizes: Awarded US Presidential Medal of Merit (1946), Max Planck Medal (1955), Enrico Fermi Award (1961), US National Academy of Sciences' Vannevar Bush Award (1985), Einstein Peace Prize (1993); Nobel Prize (Physics) 1967 Son of Albrecht Bethe, professor of physiology; married (1939) Rose Ewald daughter of P P Ewald FRS. Played a vital role in the Manhattan Project - the development of the atom bomb at Los Alamos; winner of Nobel Prize for Physics for his 'carbon cycle' formula, which explains how the sun generates its energy. Lectures: Bakerian 1993 Foreign Member 09/05/1957 50 Sources: Obituaries: Telegraph, Times, Guardian (08 March 2005), Independent (09 March 2005) Biographical Memoir by Sabine Lee and Gerry E Brown in Volume 53 (2007) pp 1-20 References: David Thouless, 'Two Pioneers of Modern Theoretical Physics', review of H A Bethe, Selected Works of Hans A Bethe, With Commentary and R H Dalitz and Sir Rudolf Peierls, Selected Scientific Papers of Sir Rudolf Peierls, With Commentary in NR 1999 vol 53 pp 282-288 International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 2 Jul 1906 - NA4303 21/11/2001 Andyg pmab 19/03/2026 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes 7ba99347-6cde-46c3-b269-6f841f41c578