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Sir John Douglas Cockcroft OM KCB CBE FRS (27 May 1897 – 18 September 1967) was a British physicist who shared with Ernest Walton the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1951 for splitting the atomic nucleus, and was instrumental in the development of nuclear power.
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1951 was awarded jointly to Sir John Douglas Cockcroft and Ernest Thomas Sinton Walton "for their pioneer work on the transmutation of atomic nuclei by artificially accelerated atomic particles"
May 23, 2024 · Sir John Douglas Cockcroft was a British physicist, joint winner, with Ernest T.S. Walton of Ireland, of the 1951 Nobel Prize for Physics for pioneering the use of particle accelerators in studying the atomic nucleus.
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John Cockcroft. Lived 1897 – 1967. John Cockcroft won the 1951 Nobel Prize in Physics with his colleague Ernest Walton for producing the first artificial nuclear disintegration in history. Cockcroft & Walton designed and built the first ‘high energy’ particle accelerator.
Sir John Douglas Cockcroft. The Nobel Prize in Physics 1951. Born: 27 May 1897, Todmorden, United Kingdom. Died: 18 September 1967, Cambridge, United Kingdom. Affiliation at the time of the award: Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Harwell, Berkshire, United Kingdom.
Nov 20, 2007 · Ernest Rutherford (centre) encouraged Ernest Walton (left) and John Cockcroft (right) to build a high-voltage accelerator to split the atom. Their success marked the beginning of a new field of subatomic research.
Sep 22, 2017 · Sir John Cockcroft was one of the most important and influential scientists of the modern era. He was the joint winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics (1951) for his pioneering work at the Cavendish Laboratory on the disintegration of atoms (splitting the atom).
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