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Years attended: 1901
official website

Company Name:

Royal Institute of Technology

Description:
university in Stockholm, Sweden
Website:
http://www.kth.se/
Reference:
Wikidata

Frederick William University

Company Name:

Frederick William University

Description:
university in Berlin, Germany; today Humboldt University
Reference:
Wikidata

Company Name:

The Catholic University of America

Description:
Private Catholic University in Washington, D.C.
Website:
http://www.cua.edu
Reference:
Wikidata

Stockholm University

Company Name:

Stockholm University

Description:
state university of Stockholm, Sweden
Location:
Norra Djurgården
Website:
http://www.su.se/
Reference:
Wikidata

University of Vienna

Company Name:

University of Vienna

Description:
public university located in Vienna, Austria
Location:
Vienna
Website:
http://www.univie.ac.at/
Reference:
Wikidata

Company Name:

Humboldt University of Berlin

Description:
university in Berlin, Germany
Location:
Dorotheenstadt
Website:
http://www.hu-berlin.de/
Reference:
Wikidata

Royal Society

English learned society for science

start time: 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina

national academy of Germany

Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

German Academy of Sciences at Berlin

research institution of East Germany

American Academy of Arts and Sciences

United States honorary society and center for independent policy research

Ludwig Boltzmann image of Ludwig Boltzmann

image of Ludwig Boltzmann

doctoral advisor

doctoral student: Lise Meitner

Austrian physicist
object has role: second doctoral advisor
point in time (for Ludwig Boltzmann): 1906-01-01T00:00:00Z
point in time: 1906-01-01T00:00:00Z

Franz S. Exner image of Franz S. Exner

image of Franz S. Exner

doctoral advisor

doctoral student: Lise Meitner

Austrian physicist
object has role: first doctoral advisor
point in time (for Franz S. Exner): 1906-01-01T00:00:00Z
point in time: 1906-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rudolf Jaeckel

doctoral student

doctoral advisor: Lise Meitner

German physicist

Arnold Flammersfeld

doctoral student

doctoral advisor: Lise Meitner

German physicist
educated at (for Arnold Flammersfeld): Humboldt University of Berlin
point in time (for Arnold Flammersfeld): 1938-01-01T00:00:00Z
point in time: 1938-01-01T00:00:00Z

Philipp Meitner

father

child: Lise Meitner

Austrian lawyer and chess player

Auguste Frisch

sibling

sibling: Lise Meitner

daughter of Philip Meitner, mother of Otto Robert Frisch
type of kinship: brother

Nikolaus Riehl

student

doctoral advisor: Lise Meitner

student of: Lise Meitner

German chemist

Wang Ganchang image of Wang Ganchang

image of Wang Ganchang

doctoral advisor: Lise Meitner

physicist

Otto Robert Frisch image of Otto Robert Frisch

image of Otto Robert Frisch

Co-Author

Austrian physicist

Otto Hahn

image of Otto Hahn

Co-Author

German chemist

Royal Institute of Technology

The Catholic University of America

Stockholm University

University of Vienna

Humboldt University of Berlin

Bramley

Vienna

Cambridgeshire

Cambridge

Sweden

Austria

Japan

German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina

Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Royal Society

Stockholm

Meitner

Meitner

Q1780696

Lise-Meitner-Gymnasium

ABC-Abwehrschule

Lise-Meitner-Straße

Lise Meitner Prize

Meitner

Meitner

Q1780696

Q1827907

Lise-Meitner-Gymnasium

Lise Meitner schools

Q15825981

ABC-Abwehrschule

Lise Meitner Lectures

meitnerite

Lise-Meitner-Straße

6999 Meitner

meitnerium

articles that Lise Meitner Contributed To

Disintegration of Uranium by Neu...

scholarly article

Contribution: author

Über die Entstehung der β-Strahl...

scholarly article

Contribution: author

Über das Protactinium und die Fr...

scholarly article

Contribution: author

Über den Aufbau des Atominnern

scholarly article

Contribution: author

Über dieβ-Strahl-Spektra und ihr...

scholarly article

Contribution: author

Pierre Auger – Lise Meitner: Com...

scholarly article

Contribution: main subject

Otto Hahn: Responsibility and Re...

scholarly article

Contribution: main subject

Other Works that Lise Meitner Contributed To

chemical element

Contribution: discoverer or inventor

1924 award received

Silver Leibniz medal

This science award is presented to

Lise Meitner

1924 nominated for

Nobel Prize in Chemistry

This science award is presented to

Lise Meitner

one of the five Nobel Prizes established in 1895 by Alfred Nobel

1925 award received

Lieben Prize

This science award is presented to

Lise Meitner

award

1956 nominated for

Nobel Prize in Physics

This award is presented to

Lise Meitner

a yearly award given by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for those who conferred the most outstanding contributions for mankind in the field of physics

Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

Conferred By

1947 award received

City of Vienna Prize for science

This science award is presented to

Lise Meitner

1949 award received

Max Planck Medal

This science award is presented to

Lise Meitner

science award of the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft

Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft

Conferred By

1955 award received

Otto Hahn Prize for Chemistry and Physics

This science award is presented to

Lise Meitner

science award

Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker

Conferred By

1960 award received

Wilhelm Exner Medal

This award is presented to

Lise Meitner

award by Wilhelm Exner Fund, founded by Austrian Industry Association

1966 award received

Enrico Fermi Award

This science award is presented to

Lise Meitner

award

1967 award received

Austrian Decoration for Science and Art

This state decoration is presented to

Lise Meitner

award received

Foreign Member of the Royal Society

This fellowship is presented to

Lise Meitner

Royal Society

Conferred By

award received

Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

This award is presented to

Lise Meitner

American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Conferred By

award received

Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts

This culture award is presented to

Lise Meitner

civil class of the order

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Reference Link: https://sok.riksarkivet.se/Sbl/Presentation.aspx?id=9245
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This source was used to derive statements made in Wikidata that describe Lise Meitner
ISNI: 0000 0001 0909 3889
International Standard Name Identifier for an identity. Format: 4 blocks of 4 digits separated by a space, first block is 0000
VIAF ID: 64160163
identifier for the Virtual International Authority File database [format: up to 22 digits]
GND ID: 118580477
identifier from an international authority file of names, subjects, and organizations (please don't use type n = name, disambiguation) - Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
Library of Congress authority ID: n81015638
identifier for Library of Congress ID for persons, works, organizations and subject headings [Format: 1-2 specific letters followed by 8-10 digits (see regex). For book editions, use P1144]
Libris-URI: gdsvwtc027vbvvx
identifier for an item in the catalogue of the Swedish National Library
Reference Link: http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13494414w
This source was used to derive statements made in Wikidata that describe Lise Meitner
PTBNP ID: 1235883
identifier for the Portuguese National Library
NTA ID: 078410541
identifier from the Dutch National Thesaurus for Author names
Reference Link: http://viaf.org/viaf/64160163
This source was used to derive statements made in Wikidata that describe Lise Meitner
Regensburg Classification: UB 2693
identifier used for this class in the Regensburg Classification system
NUKAT ID: n98042482
identifier for authority control in the Center of Warsaw University Library catalog
NNDB people ID: 360/000099063
identifier in the Notable Names Database, a biographical database: only for people entries
NNDB people ID: 360/000099063
identifier in the Notable Names Database, a biographical database: only for people entries
CANTIC ID: a10764951
identifier for authority control managed by the National Library of Catalonia (BNC). Format: "a", 7 digits, "x" or digit
Munzinger IBA: 00000000446
identifier on the Munzinger Archiv
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID: 0041767
identifier for an item in the Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana
Reference Link: http://www.nobelprize.org/nomination/archive/show_people.php?id=6097
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Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ID: 38821
identifier used by the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: biography/Lise-Meitner
identifer for an article in the online version of Encyclopædia Britannica
YouTube video ID: -Sgfv97wCW4
identifier of a video on YouTube; for channels use P2397; for playlists use P4300
YouTube video ID: BZY97wHSh1Y
identifier of a video on YouTube; for channels use P2397; for playlists use P4300
GTAA ID: 131559
identifier for GTAA, a thesaurus used in audiovisual archives (NISV, EYE)
FAST ID: 67741
authority control identifier in WorldCat's “FAST Linked Data” authority file
Academic Tree ID: 62549
identifer on academictree.org
Geni.com profile ID: 6000000012697550218
profile on the Geni.com genealogy website
BnF ID: 13494414w
identifier for the subject issued by BNF (Bibliothèque nationale de France). Format: 8 digits followed by a check-digit or letter, do not include the initial 'cb'.
SUDOC authorities ID: 073268437
identifier for authority control in the French collaborative library catalog (see also P1025). Format: 8 digits followed by a digit or "X"
SUDOC authorities ID: 028434390
identifier for authority control in the French collaborative library catalog (see also P1025). Format: 8 digits followed by a digit or "X"
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID: 2164627
identifier for an entry on the official website of the Great Russian Encyclopedia
UK National Archives ID: F64018
identifier for a person, family or organisation, in the UK's National Archives database
Runeberg author ID: meitnlis
Identifier for an author in the Runeberg digital library
Dictionary of Swedish National Biography: 9245
entry in the Dictionary of Swedish National Biography
Encyclopædia Universalis ID: lise-meitner
identifer for an article in the online version of Encyclopædia Universalis
NE.se ID: lise-meitner
ID of article on the Swedish Nationalencyklopedin (NE.se) site
Nobel Prize People Nomination ID: 6097
identifier for a person who nominated someone, or who was nominated, for a Nobel Prize
Leopoldina member ID: 4304
identifier in the members' database of the Leopoldina – German Academy of Sciences
Quora topic ID: Lise-Meitner-1
identifier for a topic on Quora (English language version)
SNAC Ark ID: w6zg6v56
identifier for items in the Social Networks and Archival Context system
NDL Auth ID: 00621118
identifier for authority control per the National Diet Library of Japan
Commons category: Lise Meitner
name of the Wikimedia Commons category containing files related to this item (without the prefix "Category:")
PM20 folder ID: pe/019766
identifier for a folder in the German Pressemappe 20. Jahrhundert (20th century press archive)
Collective Biographies of Women ID: 15621
identifier for a person, in the Collective Biographies of Women database
Atomic Heritage Foundation ID: lise-meitner
profile of a person on the website of the Atomic Heritage Foundation
Biographical Dictionary of Swedish Women: EliseLiseMeitner
The dictionary contains biographies of swedish women who, across several centuries and in many different ways, have contributed to society’s development, both within Sweden and beyond.
Find A Grave memorial ID: 15166236
identifier of an individual's burial place in the Find a Grave database
Mathematics Genealogy Project ID: 110960
identifier for mathematicians and computer scientists at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
Comic Vine ID: 4005-136970
identifier at the Comic Vine database of comic books, fictional characters, people, films and television series/episodes
Freebase ID: /m/04ldg
identifier for a page in the Freebase database. Format: "/m/0" followed by 2 to 7 characters. For those starting with "/g/", use Google Knowledge Graph identifier (P2671)
Open Library ID: OL150157A
identifier for a work ("W"), edition ("M") or author ("A") for book data of the Internet Archive
Enciclopedia delle donne ID: lise-meitner
identifier for a subject on the ''Enciclopedia delle donne''
FemBio ID: 19328
identifier for a woman, in the FemBio database
Uppsala University Alvin ID: alvin-person:37744
platform for digital collections and digitized cultural heritage in Uppsala about, managed by Uppsala university library
abART person ID: 82692
identifier of person in the Czech database abART
NKCR AUT ID: nlk20010097115
identifier in the Czech National Authority Database (National Library of Czech Republic)
NKCR AUT ID: nlk20010097115
identifier in the Czech National Authority Database (National Library of Czech Republic)
SELIBR ID: 211830
identifier per National Library of Sweden Libris library catalog
Commons gallery: Lise Meitner
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NLI ID: 000091631
identifier for authority control used at the National Library of Israel
NLI ID: 000091631
identifier for authority control used at the National Library of Israel
NLI ID: 001430153
identifier for authority control used at the National Library of Israel
NLI ID: 001430153
identifier for authority control used at the National Library of Israel
BNE ID: XX5306921
identifier from the authority file of the Biblioteca Nacional de España. Format for persons: "XX" followed by 4 to 7 digits

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