Samuel King Allison, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Samuel King Allison

American physicist and nuclear scientist

Date of Birth: 13-Nov-1900

Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, United States

Date of Death: 15-Sep-1965

Profession: physicist, university teacher, nuclear physicist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Samuel King Allison (November 13, 1900 – September 15, 1965) was an American physicist, most notable for his role in the Manhattan Project, for which he was awarded the Medal for Merit.
He was director of the Metallurgical Laboratory from 1943 until 1944, and later worked at the Los Alamos Laboratory — where he "rode herd" on the final stages of the project as part of the "Cowpuncher Committee", and read the countdown for the detonation of the Trinity nuclear test.
After the war, he returned to the University of Chicago to direct the Institute for Nuclear Studies and was involved in the "scientists' movement", lobbying for civilian control of nuclear weapons.