Peter Thonemann (physicist), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Date of Birth: 03-Jun-1917
Place of Birth: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Date of Death: 10-Feb-2018
Profession: nuclear physicist
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
About Peter Thonemann (physicist)
- Peter Clive Thonemann (3 June 1917 – 10 February 2018) was an Australian-born British physicist who was a pioneer in the field of fusion power while working in the United Kingdom. Thonemann was born in Melbourne and moved to Oxford University in 1944, becoming one of the earliest researchers on the topic of controlled fusion.
- He led the fusion research at Oxford in its early years, before moving to the Atomic Energy Research Establishment (Harwell) in 1950.
- He led the ZETA reactor development at Harwell and announced its apparent success in 1958. Thonemann was deputy director of the new Culham Laboratory in 1965-66.
- In 1968 he left Culham to become Professor of Physics at today's Swansea University, where he worked on applying his physics knowledge to biological research.
- He retired from Swansea in 1984, living out his life in the city.
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