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Charles Thomson Rees Wilson
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Scottish physicist and meteorologist (1869-1959)
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Charles Thomson Rees Wilson was a scientist born in 1869 and died in 1959. He received one Nobel Prize.
His work is recognized in several collections, including the Royal Society collection, the Nobel Laureates collection, the Nobel Physics collection, and the Copley Medal collection.
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Nobel Prize
- The Nobel Prize in Physics1927
“for his method of making the paths of electrically charged particles visible by condensation of vapour”
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- human
- Family name
- Wilson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Occupation
- chemist
- Employer
- University of Cambridge
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Doctoral advisor
- J. J. Thomson
- Student of
- J. J. Thomson
- Doctoral student
- C. F. Powell
- Field of work
- physics
- Image
- CTR Wilson.jpg
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- Charles Thomson Rees Wilson
- member of
- Royal Society
- date of birth
- 1869-02-14
- date of death
- 1959-11-15
- name in native language
- Charles Thomson Rees Wilson
- nominated for
- Nobel Prize in Physics
- writing language
- English language
- student
- Philip Dee
- different from
- Charles Wilson
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
- interested in
- physics
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Encyclopedic overview
Charles Thomson Rees Wilson (14 February 1869 – 15 November 1959) was a British meteorologist and physicist who shared the 1927 Nobel Prize in Physics with Arthur Compton for his invention of the cloud chamber.
Early life and education
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