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William Penney, Baron Penney

1909 - 1991

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William George Penney, Baron Penney, (24 June 1909 – 3 March 1991) was an English mathematician and professor of mathematical physics at the Imperial College London and later the rector of Imperial College London. He had a leading role in the development of High Explosive Research, Britain's clandestine nuclear programme that started in 1942 during the Second World War which produced the first British atomic bomb in 1952. As the head of the British delegation working on the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos Laboratory, Penney initially carried out calculations to predict the damage effects generated by the blast wave of an atomic bomb. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Penney, Baron Penney has received more than 126,631 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. William Penney, Baron Penney is the 761st most popular physicist, the 5th most popular biography from Gibraltar and the most popular Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, William Penney, Baron Penney ranks 761 out of 717. Before him are Richard A. Muller, Howard Georgi, Ernest Moniz, John C. Baez, Sylvia Fedoruk, and Carver Mead. After him are Edward Andrade, Jim Al-Khalili, Nathan Seiberg, Paul Ginsparg, Sean M. Carroll, and He Jiankui.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, William Penney, Baron Penney ranks 349. Before him are Eleanor Garatti, Alan Curtis, Norris Bradbury, Bill Wheatley, Guillermo Douglas, and Madge Evans. After him are Obafemi Awolowo, Marion Martin, Miguel White, Hugh Beaumont, June Clyde, and Lal Bokhari. Among people deceased in 1991, William Penney, Baron Penney ranks 251. Before him are Charlie Barnet, Pat O'Callaghan, Joan Caulfield, Lino Brocka, Sonny Carter, and Natalie Kingston. After him are Mudashiru Lawal, Durga Khote, John Tower, Red Grange, and Cyril Knowles.

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In Gibraltar

Among people born in Gibraltar, William Penney, Baron Penney ranks 5 out of 7. Before him are John Galliano (1960), Stanley Maude (1864), Fabian Picardo (1972), and Peter Caruana (1956). After him are Kaiane Aldorino (1986) and Lee Casciaro (1981).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Gibraltar

Among physicists born in Gibraltar, William Penney, Baron Penney ranks 1. 

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