Lise Meitner
Austrian-Swedish physicist
Lise Meitner was an Austrian-Swedish physicist who was one of those responsible for the discovery of the element protactinium and nuclear fission. While working on radioactivity at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute of Chemistry in Berlin, she... Wikipedia
Born: November 7, 1878, Vienna, Austria
Died: October 27, 1968 (age 89 years), Cambridge, United Kingdom
Known for: Discovery of protactinium; Discovery of nuclear fission; Auger–Meitner effect; Meitner–Hupfeld effect
Education: University of Vienna (1901–1905) and Academic high school (1901)
Parents: Philipp Meitner and Hedwig Skovran Meitner
Awards: Enrico Fermi Award, Lieben Prize, Max Planck Medal, and more
Siblings: Auguste Meitner, Max Meitner, Walter Meitner, and more