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Patrick Blackett
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British physicist (1897-1974)
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Patrick M.S. Blackett was born on 1897-11-18 and died on 1974-07-13. 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, the American Academy Arts Sciences collection, and the Copley Medal collection.
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Nobel Prize
- The Nobel Prize in Physics1948
“for his development of the Wilson cloud chamber method, and his discoveries therewith in the fields of nuclear physics and cosmic radiation”
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Patrick
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- London
- Place of death
- London
- Occupation
- nuclear physicist
- Educated at
- University of Cambridge
- Political party
- Labour Party
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Noble title
- baron
- Doctoral advisor
- Ernest Rutherford
- Student of
- Ernest Rutherford
- Doctoral student
- Bibha Chowdhuri
- Field of work
- physics
- Image
- Blackett.jpg
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- Commons category
- Patrick Blackett
- member of
- Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
- date of birth
- 1897-11-18
- date of death
- 1974-07-13
- nominated for
- Nobel Prize in Physics
- name in native language
- Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett, Baron Blackett
- place of burial
- Kensal Green Cemetery
- has works in the collection
- Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
- P8168
- MS Express Samina
- interested in
- physics
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Encyclopedic overview
Giuseppe Occhialini and Blackett (right), 1932 or 1933
Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett, Baron Blackett of Chelsea (18 November 1897 – 13 July 1974), was a British experimental physicist and life peer who received the 1948 Nobel Prize in Physics. In 1925, he was the first person to prove that radioactivity could cause the nuclear transmutation of one chemical element to another. He also made major contributions to the Allied war effort in World War II, advising on military strategy and developing operational research.
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