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born March 8, 1879, Frankfurt am Main, Ger. died July 28, 1968, Göttingen, W.Ger. German physical chemist. He worked at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Chemistry (1912-44), serving as director from 1928. With Lise Meitner he discovered several radioelements. In 1938, with Meitner and Fritz Strassmann (1902-80), he found the first chemical evidence of nuclear-fission products, created when they bombarded uranium with neutrons. For his discovery of nuclear fission, Hahn was awarded a 1944 Nobel Prize. He became president of the Max Planck Society; a respected public figure, he spoke out strongly against further development of nuclear weapons. In 1966 he shared the Enrico Fermi Award with Meitner and Strassmann
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