- Born
- November 7, 1878
- Died
- October 27, 1968 (aged 89)
- Known as
- nuclear physicist, university teacher, chemist, physicist
Elise "Lise" Meitner was an Austrian and Swedish nuclear physicist who was instrumental in the discovery of nuclear fission.
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