Lise Meitner (1878-1968), Austrian Nuclear Physicist

Lise Meitner (1878-1968), Austrian Nuclear Physicist

Photograph

Anson Hosley

Maker
American, 1919–2005

Lise Meitner (1878-1968), Austrian Nuclear Physicist

1946
Gelatin silver print
16.5 x 11.7 cm.
Gift of Anson Hosley
Inscriptions attached caption-(typed) "Lise Meitner (1878-1968) Austrain Nuclear
Physicist - First to discover the secret to splitting the atom.
Mother of the Atomic Age. June, 1946 Rochester, New York"
"Photo by ANson Hosley FRPS"
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