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Robert Julius Oppenheimer was born.
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Robert finds an interest in minerals, physics, and chemistry.
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Robert's brother Frank is born
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Invitation to New York Mineralogical Club to deliver a lecture. Age 12
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Fell near-fatally ill and had to postpone enrolling at Harvard.
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Graduated as valedictorian of his high school
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Enrolled at Harvard
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Graduated from Harvard after 3 years, majoring in chemistry, though switching to physics.
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Sailed to England enrolling at University of Cambridge, where he began his physics graduates at Cavendish Laboratory.
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J.J. Thomson took on J. Robert Oppenheimer as a student.
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Studied Theoretical physics at University of Cottingen, Germany with Max Born, meeting a host of prominent physicists, including Niels Bohr.
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Received his doctoral degree in March from the University of Cottingen, Germany.
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Organized a program on fast neutron theoretical physics at the University of California at Berkeley.
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Director of the Los Alamos Laboratory.
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Opposed the development of the hydrogen bomb.
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The opposition of the hydrogen bomb led to accusations that Robert was a Communist supporter.
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Security clearance revoked in a hearing, stripping him of political power.
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Established the World Academy of Art and Science along with Albert Einstein, Bertrand Russell, and Joseph Rotblat.
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President J.F.K announced Robert would receive the Enrico Fermi Award and he did later that year.
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Robert continued to support international control of atomic energy in his later years until he died from throat cancer.
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Death