Victor Weisskopf, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Victor Weisskopf

Austrian-born American theoretical physicist

Date of Birth: 19-Sep-1908

Place of Birth: Vienna, Austria

Date of Death: 22-Apr-2002

Profession: physicist, university teacher, nuclear physicist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Victor Frederick "Viki" Weisskopf (September 19, 1908 – April 22, 2002) was an Austrian-born American theoretical physicist.
He did postdoctoral work with Werner Heisenberg, Erwin Schrödinger, Wolfgang Pauli and Niels Bohr.
During World War II he was Group Leader of the Theoretical Division of the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos, and later campaigned against the proliferation of nuclear weapons.