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In Germany with Fritz Strassmann in 1938 he discovered fission of uranium and thorium, the phenomenon of which was then explained by <a href="/people/360/000099063/">Lise Meitner</a> and <a href="/people/119/000099819/">Otto Robert Frisch</a>. While he discovered fission, he was not a part of Germany's atomic bomb program. For his discovery he was awarded the 1944 Nobel Prize for Chemistry, but was unable to collect his award due to his being held prisoner in Britain. <p><b>Father:</b> (glazier)<br><b>Wife:</b> Edith Junghans (m. 1913, one son)<br><b>Son:</b> Hanno (b. 1922, d. 1960 accident)<br><p> University: <a href="/edu/116/000087852/">University of Marburg</a><br> University: <a href="/edu/705/000068501/">University of Munich</a><br> University: <a href="/edu/116/000087852/">PhD, University of Marburg (1901)</a><br> Scholar: <a href="/edu/921/000104609/">University College London (1904-05)</a><br> Scholar: <a href="/edu/820/000068616/">McGill University, Montreal (1905-)</a><br> Professor: <a href="/edu/634/000079397/">University of Berlin (1907-)</a><br><p> <a href="/org/212/000165714/">Pontifical Academy of Sciences</a> <br> <a href="/event/114/000164619/">Taken Prisoner of War</a> <br> <a href="/honors/213/000068009/">Nobel Prize for Chemistry</a> 1944<br> <a href="/honors/513/000071300/">Max Planck Medal</a> 1949 (with <a href="/people/360/000099063/">Lise Meitner</a>)<br> <a href="/honors/279/000099979/">Enrico Fermi Award</a> 1966<br> <a href="/lists/359/000099062/">Chemical Element Namesake</a> hahnium (ultimately rejected by IUPAC)<br><p> <br> <p> <table> <tr> <td align=right valign=middle style="padding-right: 5px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 22px; font-style: italic; color: #ff3333;">New!</span><br> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a></td> <td valign=middle align=right style="border-left: 1px solid #bbb; padding-left: 5px;">Create a map starting with</td> <td valign=middle align=right><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=99887"><img src="/man.gif" border=0 style="padding: 2px;"></a></td> <td align=left valign=middle> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=99887">Otto Hahn</a></td> </tr> </table> <font face="Trebuchet MS, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="-2">Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.</font> <br><br><p> <font size=-1>Do you know something we don't?</font><br> <font size=-1><a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=99887" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a></font><br> <p> <br><br><p><font size=-1>Copyright ©2019 Soylent Communications</font><p> </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"></td></tr> </table> </center> </body> </html>