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J. Robert Oppenheimer was Born April, 22, 1904 in New York, New York. He was born to Julius and Ella Oppenheimer. As a boy Robert attended ethical culture school. Where he found an interest in Greek, chemistry, architecture, classics, art, and literature. Then taking a year before attending Harvard off do to colitis attacks. While at Harvard he found a great interest in philosophy and French literature along with his science. Then after three years of school he graduated in 1925 with a degree in chemistry. After that he went to work with J.J. Thompson in Cambridge England. Then in the spring of 1927 he was awarded his doctorate from Gottingen. Then he later went on to work on the atomic bomb and work with the Manhattan project.