Joan Hinton, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Joan Hinton

American physicist

Date of Birth: 20-Oct-1921

Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, United States

Date of Death: 08-Jun-2010

Profession: physicist, nuclear physicist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Joan Hinton (Chinese name: ??, Pinyin: Hán Chun; 20 October 1921 – 8 June 2010) was a nuclear physicist and one of the few women scientists who worked for the Manhattan Project in Los Alamos.
She lived in the People's Republic of China after 1949, where she and her husband Erwin (Sid) Engst participated in China's efforts at developing a socialist economy, working extensively in agriculture.
She lived on a dairy farm north of Beijing before her death on June 8, 2010.