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OCR: 1878 On November Lise Meitrer born Vienna Austria. Her fathe lawyer 1906 Receives her doctorate at the University ofVienna she is only the second wuman to graduat from thene. ch goes to the University ro Berlin Germany, where she begins research into radioactivity with the German p hysical chemist Otto Hahn 1879 1998) 1907 Attends lectures by the Germar physicist Max Plancl 1858 19471 Planck the Icading expert on atomic theory this time 1917 Meiuer working with Hahn discuvers element This iselement atwrding tothe predictiors UF Russian chemist Dmitry Mendelevev 1 834 1907 in his periodic table of elements. Meitner and Hahr caJ protactinium beca ause they observe that it rapidly breaks down into the radiooctive metal actinium Their studies interrupted by World Wat Meitre work radiologist in ...