Template:Did you know nominations/Rudolf Peierls


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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 18:07, 23 December 2017 (UTC)

Rudolf Peierls

 * ... that Rudolf Peierls was awarded the Medal of Freedom, but was later refused entry to the United States because he was suspected of being a spy? Source: "Peierls did not list this award in his Who's Who entry because of the withdrawal of his security clearance for a US Visa in 1951 (Bird of Passage 321)."
 * Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Kaman K-16B

Improved to Good Article status by Hawkeye7 (talk). Self-nominated at 22:49, 19 December 2017 (UTC).


 * Symbol confirmed.svg Article is new enough (recent GA), long enough, neutral, and well referenced. Hook is interesting and verified with reliable sources. QPQ is done. No copyvio detected. Good to go. Nice article! -Zanhe (talk) 01:33, 20 December 2017 (UTC)