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Austrian-Swedish nuclear physicist (1878–1968)

Lise Meitner (, LEE-zə MYTE-nər; German:[ˈliːzəˈmaɪtnɐ]^ⓘ; born Elise Meitner, 7 November 1878 – 27 October 1968) was an Austrian-Swedish nuclear physicist who was instrumental in the discovery of nuclear fission.

Completing her doctoral research in 1905, Meitner became the second woman from the University of Vienna to earn a doctorate in physics. She spent much of her scientific career in Berlin, where she was a physics professor and a department head at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Chemistry.

She was the first woman to become a full professor of physics in Germany.

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She lost her positions in 1935 because of the anti-Jewish Nuremberg Laws of Nazi Germany, and the 1938 Anschluss resulted in the loss of her Austrian citizenship. On 13–14 July 1938, she fled to the Netherlands with the help of Dirk Coster.

She lived in Stockholm for many years, ultimately becoming a Swedish citizen in 1949, but relocat