Lise Meitner vs Otto Hahn
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Compare the life timelines of Lise Meitner (1878–1968) and Otto Hahn (1879–1968) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 89 years, from 1879 to 1968.
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Lise Meitner (1878–1968)
- — Born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary Verified
- — Earned doctorate in physics from the University of Vienna Verified
- — Moved to Berlin and began collaboration with Otto Hahn Verified
- — Co-discovered the element protactinium with Otto Hahn Verified
- — Became first woman appointed full professor of physics in Germany Verified
- — Fled Nazi Germany to Sweden Verified
- — Published the first theoretical explanation of nuclear fission Verified
- — Received the Enrico Fermi Award Verified
- — Died in Cambridge, England Verified
Otto Hahn (1879–1968)
- — Born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany Verified
- — Earned doctorate in organic chemistry from the University of Marburg Verified
- — Worked with Ernest Rutherford at McGill University in Montreal Verified
- — Began three-decade collaboration with Lise Meitner in Berlin Verified
- — Co-discovered the element protactinium Verified
- — Discovered nuclear fission with Fritz Strassmann Verified
- — Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Verified
- — Served as first president of the Max Planck Society Verified
- — Died in Göttingen, West Germany Verified