Template:Did you know nominations/Robert Lyste Thornton


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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:47, 20 March 2017 (UTC)

Robert Lyste Thornton

 * ... that Robert Lyste Thornton returned to Berkeley in 1942 to assist with the development of the calutron? Source: "Just after Pearl Harbor, Professor Lawrence called me up and asked me whether I could join the effort going on here in Berkeley on the – well I did not know what it was at that time. But whatever it was. And I agreed to come out here. So I joined them and started working on the electromagnetic process at that time."   " He also served as associate professor of physics at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, from 1940 to 1942, when he returned again to Berkeley... Back in Berkeley in 1942, Thornton plunged into the new job, development of the calutron project"
 * Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/James Sullivan (Medal of Honor)

Created by Hawkeye7 (talk). Self-nominated at 21:47, 13 March 2017 (UTC).


 * Symbol confirmed.svg New article is 4,363 characters long and nominated on the same day as first expansion. Copyvio Detector and read through the other online refs (which do not have recognizable text) reveals no close paraphrasing issues (AGF all the others which are offline).  Article is well-sourced.  Hook is 103 characters long (under 200 character max.) and is interesting.  Refs 1 and 10 (verifying the hook) are both reliable sources.  QPQ done.  Looks good to go! —Bloom6132 (talk) 18:20, 14 March 2017 (UTC)