Person Rotblat; Sir; Joseph (1908 - 2005) Rotblat Joseph Sir 1908 - 2005 British Male Warsaw, Poland 04/11/1908 19081104 31/08/2005 20050831

Nuclear physicist; Medical physicist; campaigner for nuclear disarmament Education: While working as an electrician attended night school, awarded masters degree in physics by Free University of Poland (1932) Career: Assistant Director, Atomic Physics Institute, Warsaw; invited by Sir James Chadwick to join Department of Physics, University of Liverpool, Oliver Lodge Fellowship (1939); Manhattan Project, Los Alamos (1944), resigned on grounds of conscience; returned to Liverpool University (1945), Senior Lecturer, Department of Physics (1946), joint Head of Department (1948); Professor of Physics, St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical School (1950-1976); published paper on fallout from nuclear testing at Bikini Atoll (1955); established Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs (1955) - series of conferences to address the danger posed by nuclear weapons and to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, Secretary General and then President (1988); honorary doctorate, University of Liverpool (1989); Albert Einstein Peace Prize (1998) Medals and prizes: Nobel Prize (Peace) 1995 Honours: CBE 1965; KCMG 1998 Son of Zygmunt Rotblat, married Tola Gryn (died during German occupation of Poland) Fellow 09/03/1995 86 Obituaries: Biographical Memoirs 2007, Volume 53, pp 309-326 by R A Hinde CBE (Hons) FBA FRS and J L Finney Obituary in The Times (2 September 2005) Sources: Reiner Braun et al, ed., 'Joseph Rotbalt: visionary for peace' (2007) Anne Purkiss 'Scientists 1985 - 2010; Portraits of Fellows of the Royal Society' 2010, p. 42 ©The Royal Society 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 https://pictures.royalsociety.org 4 Nov 1908 - NA4775 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes bea7730e-5500-4d05-bc31-d6725e8495e4