Njål Hole
Njål Hole MBE (15 November 1914 – 6 February 1988) was a Norwegian chemical engineer and nuclear physicist. His is research was primarily in the field of nuclear physics.
Njål Hole | |
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| Born | 15 November 1914 Hjørundfjord, Norway |
| Died | 6 February 1988 (aged 73) Trondheim, Norway |
| Nationality | Norwegian |
| Occupation(s) | chemical engineer and nuclear physicist |
| Awards | Order of the British Empire |
Biography edit
He was born in Hjørundfjord. He graduated from the Norwegian Institute of Technology in 1938. From 1938 he was an assistant at Norwegian Institute of Technology.
During the German occupation of Norway, he participated in resistance activities, and had to flee to Sweden. In Stockholm he was appointed at the same laboratory as exiled Austrian nuclear physicist Lise Meitner, who had been part of the team that discovered nuclear fission. Hole had contacts with the British Secret Intelligence Service, reporting to Norwegian intelligence officer Leif Tronstad (1903–1945) in London. He was decorated Member of the Order of the British Empire after the war. [1][2]
He was appointed professor in physics at the Norwegian Institute of Technology in Trondheim from 1947 and took his doctorate in 1950. In 1954 he became professor of experimental physics. In 1964, he took over a new professorship in general physics, which he managed until his retirement in 1981. [3][4][5]
References edit
- ^ Hans Christofer Børresen. "Njål Hole i Stockholm" (PDF). Fra Fysikkens Verden, Nr. 4 – 2011. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
- ^ "Leif Tronstad". Norsk Biografisk Leksikon. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
- ^ Steenstrup, Bjørn, ed. (1973). "Hole, Njål". Hvem er hvem? (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 247. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
- ^ Møller, Tryggve Juul, ed. (1958). "Hole, Njål". Studentene fra 1933: Biografiske oplysninger, statistikk og artikler samlet til 25-årsjubileet 1958 (in Norwegian). Oslo. pp. 155–156.
{{cite encyclopedia}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Njølstad, Olav (2012). Professor Tronstads krig (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. pp. 213–216. ISBN 978-82-03-29307-8.
Related reading edit
- Per F. Dahl (1999) Heavy Water and the Wartime Race for Nuclear Energy (Taylor & Francis: London) ISBN 978-0750-30633-1