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category: "Scientists & Researchers"
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- Person
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- Researcher
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summary: "Oxford scientist and Lord Cherwell who served as Churchill's chief science adviser and formed early connections with figures central to Israel's nuclear program origins."
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born: 1886-04-05
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died: 1957-07-03
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location: "Baden-Baden, Germany"
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Frederick A. Lindemann, later Lord Cherwell, was a German-born Oxford scientist who became [[Winston Churchill]]'s chief science adviser in the years before World War II. He came to know [[Ernst David Bergmann]] and [[Chaim Weizmann]] during this period.[^1]
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### Footnotes
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[^1]: Hersh, Seymour M. *The Samson Option: Israel's Nuclear Arsenal and American Foreign Policy*. Random House, 1991. Chapter 2. |