Ernest Walton

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Nobel laureate human physicist

Ernest Walton was an Irish physicist and Nobel laureate best known for co-developing the Cockcroft–Walton accelerator, which achieved the first artificial nuclear disintegration.

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Ernest Walton canonical 7
Ernest Thomas Sinton Walton 4

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instanceOf Nobel laureate ⓘ
human ⓘ
physicist ⓘ
academicDegree BA in mathematics and physics ⓘ
PhD in physics ⓘ
almaMater Trinity College Dublin ⓘ
Cambridge University ⓘ
surface form: University of Cambridge
awardReceived Hughes Medal ⓘ
Nobel Prize in Physics ⓘ
Royal Medal ⓘ
birthCountry Ireland ⓘ
birthDate 1903-10-06 ⓘ
birthPlace Dungarvan ⓘ
builtDevice high-voltage particle accelerator ⓘ
citizenship Irish Free State ⓘ
coDeveloperOf Cockcroft–Walton generator ⓘ
coDeveloperWith John Cockcroft ⓘ
deathDate 1995-06-25 ⓘ
doctoralAdvisor Ernest Rutherford ⓘ
educatedAt Methodist College Belfast ⓘ
Trinity College Dublin ⓘ
Cambridge University ⓘ
surface form: University of Cambridge
employer Cavendish Laboratory ⓘ
Trinity College Dublin ⓘ
familyName Walton ⓘ
fieldOfWork nuclear physics ⓘ
physics ⓘ
fullName Ernest Walton self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Ernest Thomas Sinton Walton
givenName Ernest ⓘ
hasGender male ⓘ
influencedBy Ernest Rutherford ⓘ
knownFor Cockcroft–Walton generator ⓘ
surface form: Cockcroft–Walton accelerator

first artificial nuclear disintegration ⓘ
splitting the atomic nucleus ⓘ
memberOf Royal Irish Academy ⓘ
nationality Irish ⓘ
NobelPrizeCategory Physics ⓘ
NobelPrizeMotivation for their pioneer work on the transmutation of atomic nuclei by artificially accelerated atomic particles ⓘ
NobelPrizeYear 1951 ⓘ
notableAchievement first splitting of the atom using artificially accelerated particles ⓘ
numberOfChildren 4 ⓘ
positionHeld Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy at Trinity College Dublin ⓘ
religion Methodism ⓘ
residence Dublin ⓘ
spouse Freda Wilson ⓘ
workLocation Cambridge, England ⓘ
surface form: Cambridge

Dublin ⓘ

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John Cockcroft → coWorker → Ernest Walton ⓘ
John Cockcroft → NobelPrizeSharedWith → Ernest Walton ⓘ
Trinity College Dublin → hasNotableAlumnus → Ernest Walton ⓘ
Ernest → borneBy → Ernest Walton ⓘ
Cockcroft–Walton experiment → conductedBy → Ernest Walton ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ernest Thomas Sinton Walton
Cockcroft–Walton generator → namedAfter → Ernest Walton ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ernest Thomas Sinton Walton
Cockcroft–Walton generator → developedBy → Ernest Walton ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ernest Thomas Sinton Walton
Ernest Walton → fullName → Ernest Walton self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ernest Thomas Sinton Walton
John → notableStudentOrCollaborator → Ernest Walton ⓘ
subject surface form: John Cockcroft
Atoms for Peace Award → hasRecipient → Ernest Walton ⓘ
Armagh Planetarium → foundedBy → Ernest Walton ⓘ