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Frank Oppenheimer

1912 - 1985

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Frank Friedman Oppenheimer (14 August 1912 – 3 February 1985) was an American particle physicist, cattle rancher, professor of physics at the University of Colorado, and the founder of the Exploratorium in San Francisco. The younger brother of renowned physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, Frank Oppenheimer conducted research on aspects of nuclear physics during the time of the Manhattan Project, and made contributions to uranium enrichment. After the war, Oppenheimer's earlier involvement with the American Communist Party placed him under scrutiny, and he resigned from his physics position at the University of Minnesota. Oppenheimer was a target of McCarthyism and was blacklisted from finding any physics teaching position in the United States until 1957, when he was allowed to teach science at a high school in Colorado. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Frank Oppenheimer is the 447th most popular physicist (down from 338th in 2019), the 3,513th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,787th in 2019) and the 94th most popular American Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Frank Oppenheimer ranks 447 out of 851. Before him are Vladimir Chelomey, Heinrich Wilhelm Dove, Howard P. Robertson, Yuval Ne'eman, John Dollond, and Douglas Hofstadter. After him are Katharine Burr Blodgett, Ferenc Krausz, Richard C. Tolman, Albert W. Hull, Chester Carlson, and Henri Tresca.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Frank Oppenheimer ranks 138. Before him are Gil Evans, Joachim Schepke, Manuel Rosas, Folco Lulli, Josef Blösche, and Barry Sullivan. After him are Kristina Söderbaum, Maria Montez, Boris Kidrič, Jacques Bergier, Domingos da Guia, and Naoto Tajima. Among people deceased in 1985, Frank Oppenheimer ranks 87. Before him are Lovro von Matačić, Denis de Rougemont, Evgeny Lifshitz, Helmuth Plessner, Karl Menger, and Theodore Sturgeon. After him are Anton Karas, Heinz Hoffmann, Edmond O'Brien, Vladimir Jankélévitch, David Purley, and Princess Eudoxia of Bulgaria.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Frank Oppenheimer ranks 3,513 out of 20,380. Before him are Jared Kushner (1981), Fritz Leiber (1910), Douglas Hofstadter (1945), Johnny Carson (1925), Cy Young (1928), and Billie Burke (1884). After him are Cheech Marin (1946), Charles Lane (1905), Tom McCarthy (1966), Fanny Bullock Workman (1859), Richard Armitage (1945), and Steve Blum (1960).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United States

Among physicists born in United States, Frank Oppenheimer ranks 94. Before him are Saul Perlmutter (1959), Alan Guth (1947), William Stanley Jr. (1858), Robert J. Van de Graaff (1901), Howard P. Robertson (1903), and Douglas Hofstadter (1945). After him are Katharine Burr Blodgett (1898), Richard C. Tolman (1881), Albert W. Hull (1880), Chester Carlson (1906), Leonard Susskind (1940), and Clarence Zener (1905).

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