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more general categories information about this item 10. Noble Prize 10. Noble Prize Peace (130) 11. Award Year 11. Award Year 1990s (104) 1995 (12) 12. Winner Type 12. Winner Type Person (904) 13. Gender 13. Gender Male (853) 14. Birth Year 14. Birth Year 1900s (92) 1908 (7) 15. Place of Birth 15. Place of Birth Europe (459) Europe, eastern (65) Poland (25) Warsaw (2) 16. Death Year 16. Death Year 2000s (70) 2005 (7) 17. Place of Death 17. Place of Death Europe (331) Europe, western (182) United Kingdom (86) London (22) 19. Given Name 19. Given Name E-K (339) J (95) 20. Family Name 20. Family Name L-R (258) R (44) 21. Shared Given Name 21. Shared Given Name E-K (229) J (80) Joseph (9) 23. Religion 23. Religion Religious group (353) Judaism (160) 24. Age at Award Time 24. Age at Award Time 80 - 89 (56) 88 (5) 32. Occupations 32. Occupations Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations (601) Physical Scientists (333) Astronomers and Physicists (222) Physicists (206) 33. Ethnic Origins 33. Ethnic Origins Asia (244) Middle East (197) Israel (197) 34. Citizens 34. Citizens Europe (450) Europe, western (223) United Kingdom (110) 42. Affilliation with College or University 42. Affilliation with College or University Europe (535) Europe, western (390) United Kingdom (235) Edinburgh (19) University of Edinburgh (19) Short-term academic staff (8) Liverpool (10) University of Liverpool (10) Alumni (4) Long-term academic staff (5) London (82) Queen Mary University (9) Long-term academic staff (2) 44. Memberships 44. Memberships A-D (656) A (635) American Academy of Arts and Sciences (531) E-P (571) N (352) National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (5) P (109) Polish Academy of Sciences (22) R-T (460) R (448) Royal Society (294) 45. Other Awards 45. Other Awards E-F (439) F (394) Fellow of the American Physical Society (107) Fellow of the Royal Society (101) I-J (268) J (208) Jamnalal Bajaj Award (2) K-L (297) K (173) Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (3) complete name: Joseph Rotblat nobel prize: peace award year: 1995 together with: Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs prize share: Prize share: 1/2 rational: The Nobel Peace Prize 1995 was awarded jointly to Joseph Rotblat and Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs "for their efforts to diminish the part played by nuclear arms in international politics and, in the longer run, to eliminate such arms." biography: Biography laureate facts: Facts laureate lecture: Lecture given name: Joseph family name: Rotblat occupation: physicist field of work: physics description: Joseph Rotblat was a Polish physicist, a self-described "Pole with a British passport". Rotblat was the only physicist to leave the Manhattan Project (1942-46) on the grounds of conscience. Rotblat's work on nuclear fallout was a major contribution toward the ratification of the 1963 Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. A signatory of the Russell-Einstein Manifesto (1955), he was secretary-general of the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs from their founding until 1973. He shared, with the Pugwash Conferences, the 1995 Nobel Peace Prize for efforts toward nuclear disarmament. image copyright: – image citation: The Nobel Peace Prize 1995. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1995/summary/> date birth: 1908 date death: 2005 usual name: Joseph Rotblat
