Harold Agnew
American physicist and academic
Born
March 28th, 1921
104 years ago
Died
September 29th, 2013
12 years ago — 92 years old
Category
Scientists & Innovators
Country
United States
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Contributed to the Manhattan Project
Served as director of Los Alamos National Laboratory
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