James Joseph Nickson
James Joseph Nickson (* 1915 , † 24. November 1985 in Walpole , New Hampshire ) was an American radiologist .
Nickson studied medicine at the University of Washington (1936) and then attended Johns Hopkins University (1940). During the Second World War he was one of the medical professionals of the Manhattan Project and a co-signatory of the Franck Report .
After the war, he worked at the Sloan Kettering Institute on anti- cancer radiotherapy (1950-1965). He then became director of radiotherapy at Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago and director of the Cancer Center in the Medical Department of the University of Tennessee .
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| SURNAME | Nickson, James Joseph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American radiologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1915 |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 24, 1985 |
| Place of death | Walpole , New Hampshire |