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Oppenheimer is born
Julius Robert Oppenheimer (Robert Oppenheimer) was born in New York City on April 22, 1904, to a wealthy textile importer Julius Oppenheimer and his wife painter Ella Friedman Oppenheimer. https://www.atomicarchive.com/resources/biographies/oppenheimer.html -
He graduated
He graduated from the ethical culture school of New York. He studied mathematics and science. He was also on top of his class. https://www.ias.edu/oppenheimer-legacy -
He graduated Harvard university
He graduated Harvard university In 1925 he also earned a bachelor of arts degree in chemistry from Harvard University. https://www.atomicarchive.com/resources/biographies/oppenheimer.html -
He got a Doctorate
He got a doctorate in physics from the University of Göttingen in Germany in 1927, where he studied under Max Born. He also got teaching offers. https://www.ias.edu/oppenheimer-legacy -
He got married
He got married on 1940 to Katherine Oppenheimer Vissering she was born in Germany, and her family moved to the US two years later. They had two children, one named peter Oppenheimer and Katherine Toni Oppenheimer. https://www.today.com/popculture/movies/j-robert-oppenheimer-kids-grandkids-now-rcna95975 -
Oppenheimer got involved in the manhattan project
He was invited to take over work on neutron calculations, and in June 1942 General Leslie Groves appointed Oppenheimer as the scientific director of the Manhattan Project. https://www.britannica.com/biography/J-Robert-Oppenheimer -
Oppenheimer created the top secret site
It was called los Almos in Mexico, which is a laboratory now, it was for creating nuclear weapons for World war 2 and that’s where they created and tested the atomic bomb. https://www.britannica.com/biography/J-Robert- Oppenheimer -
He created the atomic bomb
His leadership and scientific expertise were instrumental in the project's success. On July 16, 1945, he was present at the first test of the atomic bomb, Trinity. But it was to late to drop it on germany because Hitler suicided and Germany surrendered so they dropped it on Japan. https://ahf.nuclearmuseum.org/ahf/profile/j-robert-oppenheimer/ -
Oppenheimer started getting concerned for the atomic bomb
He remained concerned with the nature of the bomb as an existential threat to humanity for the rest of his life, but an outright apology never came. He also fell into depression after dropping it on japan and he thought that the second bombing wasn’t needed. https://ahf.nuclearmuseum.org/ahf/profile/j-robert-oppenheimer/ -
He Died
He died in 1967 because of throat cancer. The roots of Oppenheimer’s illness trace back to his early days, an era when the perils of smoking were not yet fully understood. Notably, Oppenheimer was said to have been a chain smoker since his youth, a habit that led to bouts of tuberculosis and most likely precipitated his diagnosis of throat cancer in late 1965. https://www.dexerto.com/tv-movies/how-did-j-robert-oppenheimer-die-cause-of-death-explained-2214395/