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Harold Agnew

1921 - 2013

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Harold Melvin Agnew (March 28, 1921 – September 29, 2013) was an American physicist, best known for having flown as a scientific observer on the Hiroshima bombing mission and, later, as the third director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory. Agnew joined the Metallurgical Laboratory at the University of Chicago in 1942, and helped build Chicago Pile-1, the world's first nuclear reactor. In 1943, he joined the Los Alamos Laboratory, where he worked with the Cockcroft–Walton generator. After the war ended, he returned to the University of Chicago, where he completed his graduate work under Enrico Fermi. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Harold Agnew is the 713th most popular physicist (down from 616th in 2019), the 8,605th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,972nd in 2019) and the 154th most popular American Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Harold Agnew ranks 713 out of 851. Before him are William D. Coolidge, Grigory Landsberg, Andreas von Ettingshausen, Jürgen Kurths, Antonius van den Broek, and Franz Josef Gerstner. After him are Leonard Mlodinow, Joseph Polchinski, Charlotte Froese Fischer, Bruno Zumino, Elliott H. Lieb, and Alexei Starobinsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Harold Agnew ranks 371. Before him are Edmondo Fabbri, Mikayil Abdullayev, Norman Joseph Woodland, Vera-Ellen, Walter Rudin, and János Pilinszky. After him are Lennart Strand, Abu Sayeed Chowdhury, Eeva-Liisa Manner, Hal David, Regina Bianchi, and Jesse Helms. Among people deceased in 2013, Harold Agnew ranks 373. Before him are Vasile Tiță, Phil Ramone, Eddi Arent, Denys de La Patellière, David Landes, and Jiah Khan. After him are Peter Gilmore, Lucyna Winnicka, Sakine Cansız, Edward Stevens, Nobuyuki Aihara, and Walter Jens.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Harold Agnew ranks 8,607 out of 20,380. Before him are Chris Sununu (1974), Melissa Joan Hart (1976), Maxine Singer (1931), Robert Bly (1926), Buddy Van Horn (1928), and Bill Frisell (1951). After him are George Voinovich (1936), William Yorzyk (1933), Havoc (1974), Hubert Sumlin (1931), Tom Kenny (1962), and Martin Dempsey (1952).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United States

Among physicists born in United States, Harold Agnew ranks 154. Before him are Edwin H. Land (1909), Leo Kadanoff (1937), John C. Slater (1900), Frederick Seitz (1911), Sarah Frances Whiting (1847), and William D. Coolidge (1873). After him are Leonard Mlodinow (1954), Joseph Polchinski (1954), Elliott H. Lieb (1932), Stuart Hameroff (1947), Bill Nye (1955), and Charles Stark Draper (1901).

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