Peter Adolf Thiessen

Chemist

Birthday April 6, 1899

Birth Sign Aries

Birthplace Germany

DEATH DATE Mar 5, 1990 (90)

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About

German chemist who received the Stalin Prize for his work on the Soviet atomic bomb project. He made important developments in terms of the use of uranium and plutonium.

Before Fame

He studied at various universities from 1919 to 1923, and earned his doctorate under Richard Adolf Zsigmondy in 1923.

Trivia

He became the director of East Berlin's Institute of Physical Chemistry in 1956.

Family Life

His family came from Schweidnitz.

Associated With

He was a German scientist like Albert Einstein.