Otto Hahn | |
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| Born | March 8, 1879 |
| Died | July 28, 1968 (aged 89) |
| Occupation | Chemist |
| Known for | Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1944 |
Otto Hahn (8 March 1879 – 28 July 1968) was a German Nobel Prize winning chemist. He did pioneering research into the atom and he discovered nuclear fission (splitting the uranium atom) in 1938, together with Lise Meitner and Fritz Strassmann.