Dr. Lise Meitner Michelle Loeffler 2/15/2005 NS401

Life History Childhood and Early Education College Years Research Years Retirement Awards

Childhood Born November 7th, 1878 Vienna Austria Middle-class Jewish family Primary school

College Years Matura examination University of Vienna College schedule Mathematics Physics Mentors

Research Years Berlin, Germany (1907 – 1938) 1917 – Protactinium, Element 91 Radioactivity Stockholm, Sweden (1938 – 1960) 1939 – Nuclear Fission

Retirement Cambridge, England October 27 th, 1968

Honors Leibniz Medal – 1924 Ellen Richards Prize – 1928 Swedish Academy of Science – 1945 Woman of the Year – 1946 The Royal Society of London – 1946

Honors Max Planck Medal – 1949 Otto Hahn Award – 1954 Enrico Fermi Prize – 1966 Austrian postage stamp – 1978 Meitnerium, Element 109 – 1992

Biblography Anon. 2004a. The Manhattan Project Heritage Preservation Association. Available: 20-%20Women/meitner.htm 20-%20Women/meitner.htm Anon. 2004b. Origin of element names. Available: Bankston, J Lise Meitner and the atomic age.Mitchell Lane Publishers. Hockessin. Hamilton, J Lise Meitner: Pioneer of nuclear fission. Enslow, Inc Berkely Heights. Rife, P Lise Meitner and the dawn of the nuclear age. Birkhauser. Boston. Sime, R.L Lise Meitner: A life in physics. University of California Press. Berkeley.