Julius Robert Oppenheimer Age, Birthday, Zodiac Sign and Birth Chart

Julius Robert Oppenheimer (22 April 1904 – 18 February 1967) was an American theoretical physicist of Jewish descent and a professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley. He is often referred to as the 'father of the atomic bomb' for his role in organizing the Manhattan Project, the research and development endeavor that created the first nuclear weapons. The first atomic bomb was detonated on July 16, 1945, in New Mexico; Oppenheimer later recalled thinking of words from the Bhagavad Gita: 'Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.'

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Meaning of the name - Julius

youthful, downy-bearded

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April 22, 1904 Facts

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Julius Robert Oppenheimer belongs to the GI Generation group.

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Place of Birth: Manhattan

Place of Death: Princeton

Cause of Death: esophageal cancer

Educated At: Ethical Culture Fieldston School | Jesus College | Cavendish Laboratory | University of Göttingen | Harvard College | Harvard University | University of Cambridge

Occupation: Theoretical physicist | Professor

Spouses: Katherine Oppenheimer

Children: Toni Oppenheimer | Peter Oppenheimer

Employers: Institute for Advanced Study | University of California, Berkeley | California Institute of Technology | Manhattan Project | University of Cambridge

Awards Received: honorary doctor of the University of Calcutta | honorary doctorate from Princeton University | Knight of the Legion of Honour | Richtmyer Memorial Lecture Award | Messenger Lectures | Fellow of the American Physical Society | Foreign Member of the Royal Society | Nessim-Habif Award | Medal for Merit | Three Physicists Prize | Enrico Fermi Award

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