1. Otto Hahn
March 8, 1879 - July 28, 1968
Hahn discovered the fission of
uranium and thorium in
medium heavy atomic nuclei.
“At first the English were very
surprised by our disregarding
the Hague Convention. But
from 1916 onward they used at
least as much poison as we
did.”
-Otto Hahn

2. Tidbits…
• Nationality: German
• Personal life: Otto was the youngest of Heinrich and
Charlotte Hahn. He grew up in a sheltered home. He
started to take an interest in chemistry at the age of 15.
After taking his Abitur, (final exam in High School for
Germans and a few other European countries) he began
to study chemistry and mineralogy at the University of
Marburg. His minors were physics and philosophy. In
1901, he got his Doctorate at Marburg and did his year
of military service and then returned back to The
University of Marburg for two years to work as a doctorial
supervisor

3. Hahn’s Science Education
• Education: Attended the University of Marburg
and the University of Munich. Got his doctorate
in chemistry from Marburg, Hahn has been
granted membership of the Academies of Berlin,
Göttingen, Munich, Halle, Stockholm, Vienna,
Boston, Madrid, Helsinki, Lisbon, Mainz, Rome
(Vatican), Allahabad, Copenhagen, and the
Indian Academy of Sciences, scientific member
of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Chemistry. He
also worked at the Physical Institute of McGill
University.

4. Contributions & Awards!
• Contributions to Science community:
Discovery of Radioactive elements, radioactive
recoil, Fajans- Paneth- Hahn Law, Protactinium,
Nuclear isomerism, and nuclear fission.
• Awards received: Nobel Prize in Chemistry
(1944), Max Planck Medal (1949), Pour le Mérite
(1952), Faraday Medal (1956), Légion
d'Honneur (1959)

5. Citations and ID
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Hahn
• http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistr
y/laureates/1944/hahn-bio.html
• http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/author
s/o/otto_hahn.html
Student ID: 94180524

6. Citations and ID
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Hahn
• http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistr
y/laureates/1944/hahn-bio.html
• http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/author
s/o/otto_hahn.html
Student ID: 94180524