Bretscher, Egon, 1901-1973
Variant namesA Swiss chemist trained at Zürich, came at Rutherford's invitation to the Cavendish Laboratory in 1936; he was involved in the 'Tube Alloys' project on uranium and plutonium and was a member of the British Mission at Los Alamos from early 1944, working in Fermi's Advanced Development Division. After the war he joined the newly-established Atomic Energy Research Establishment at Harwell, first as head of the Chemistry Division, then as head of the Nuclear Physics Division from l948 until his retirement in l966.
From the description of Papers. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155006621
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| referencedIn | Papers and correspondence of Egon Bretscher, 1901-1973, 1896-1973 | Churchill Archives Centre Cambridge | |
| creatorOf | Bretscher, Egon, 1901-1973. Papers. | American Institute of Physics |
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| associatedWith | Atomic Energy Research Establishment (Harwell, Oxfordshire). | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Cavendish Laboratory (Cambridge, Cambridgeshire). | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Chadwick, James, 1891-1974. | person |
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Birth 1901
Death 1973
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