John Douglas Cockcroft
British physicist (1897-1967) · United Kingdom · Scientists · Died at 70
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Something wrong?Sir John Douglas Cockcroft was a British experimental physicist who shared the 1951 Nobel Prize in Physics with Ernest Walton for their splitting of the atomic nucleus, which led to the development of nuclear power and weapons.
A life in dates
1967Died18 September 19671961Wilhelm Exner MedalAward1958Niels Bohr International Gold MedalAward1957Order of MeritAward1955Faraday MedalAward1954Royal MedalAward1953Knight Commander of the Order of the BathAward1952Knight of the Legion of HonourAward1951Nobel Prize in PhysicsAward1947Knight BachelorAward1944Commander of the Order of the British EmpireAwardRutherford Medal and PrizeAward1938Hughes MedalAward1897Born27 May 1897
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The house in Walsden, Todmorden, where Cockcroft lived from the age of two until he was 28-years-old.
GL Mk. III radar
A proximity fuze
ZEEP reactor in February 1954 with NRX and NRU (under construction, in background).
The two chimney stacks of the Windscale reactors, with the visible swellings to house Cockcroft's filters.
Churchill College, Cambridge, in 2005Awards
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About this person
Country
United Kingdom
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1897 to 1967 · aged 70
In common with John
Ernest RutherfordBoth received IET Kelvin Lecture
Lawrence BraggBoth received Maxwell Lecture
Hans BetheBoth received Niels Bohr International Gold Medal
Aage BohrBoth received Rutherford Medal and Prize
Shuji NakamuraBoth received IET Kelvin Lecture
Isidor Isaac RabiBoth received Niels Bohr International Gold MedalFame.am measures public visibility signals. It does not measure human value, talent, morality, or credibility.