Cavendish Laboratory

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physics laboratory research institute

Cavendish Laboratory is the University of Cambridge’s historic physics research center, renowned for groundbreaking discoveries such as the structure of DNA and the electron.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	physics laboratory → research institute →
affiliation	Cambridge University → surface form: "University of Cambridge"
alsoKnownAs	Cavendish Laboratory → surface form: "Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge"
associatedWithPerson	Brian Pippard → Ernest Rutherford → Francis Crick → J. J. Thomson → James Chadwick → James Watson → John Kendrew → Lawrence Bragg → Max Perutz → Nevill Mott → Paul Dirac → Peter Kapitza → Philip Anderson → Stephen Hawking →
country	United Kingdom →
fieldOfWork	astrophysics → biophysics → condensed matter physics → experimental physics → nuclear physics → particle physics → physics →
formerLocation	Free School Lane, Cambridge →
foundedBy	James Clerk Maxwell →
hasHeadquartersLocation	JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge →
hasWebsite	https://www.phy.cam.ac.uk/ →
inception	1874 →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
locatedIn	Cambridge, England → surface form: "Cambridge" England →
movedTo	JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge → surface form: "JJ Thomson Avenue, West Cambridge site"
movementDate	1974 →
namedAfter	Henry Cavendish →
notableDiscovery	X-ray crystallography of biological molecules → artificial nuclear disintegration → diffraction of electrons by crystals → electron → neutron → structure of DNA →
numberOfNobelLaureatesAssociated	over 20 →
operatedBy	Cavendish Laboratory → surface form: "Department of Physics, University of Cambridge"
parentOrganization	School of the Physical Sciences, University of Cambridge → surface form: "School of Physical Sciences, University of Cambridge"
partOf	Cambridge University → surface form: "University of Cambridge"

Referenced by (32)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Department of Physics, University of Cambridge → affiliatedWith → Cavendish Laboratory →

Cavendish Professor of Experimental Physics → affiliation → Cavendish Laboratory →

Cavendish Laboratory → alsoKnownAs → Cavendish Laboratory →

this entity surface form: "Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge"

Department of Physics, University of Cambridge → alsoKnownAs → Cavendish Laboratory →

Cavendish Professor of Experimental Physics → associatedResearchFacility → Cavendish Laboratory →

Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge → collaboratesWith → Cavendish Laboratory →

this entity surface form: "Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge"

J. J. Thomson → directorOf → Cavendish Laboratory →

Otto Frisch → employedBy → Cavendish Laboratory →

Francis Crick → employer → Cavendish Laboratory →

this entity surface form: "Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge"

John Kendrew → employer → Cavendish Laboratory →

Martin Ryle → employer → Cavendish Laboratory →

Max Perutz → employer → Cavendish Laboratory →

this entity surface form: "Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge"

Nevill Mott → employer → Cavendish Laboratory →

James Clerk Maxwell → founded → Cavendish Laboratory →

Free School Lane, Cambridge → hasBuilding → Cavendish Laboratory →

this entity surface form: "original Cavendish Laboratory"

Cambridge University → hasFacility → Cavendish Laboratory →

subject surface form: "University of Cambridge"

JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge → hasNearbyInstitution → Cavendish Laboratory →

University of Cambridge sites → hasPart → Cavendish Laboratory →

this entity surface form: "Cavendish Laboratory site"

School of the Physical Sciences, University of Cambridge → hasUnit → Cavendish Laboratory →

Department of Physics, University of Cambridge → knownFor → Cavendish Laboratory →

this entity surface form: "Cavendish Laboratory experiments"

Mark Oliphant → memberOf → Cavendish Laboratory →

Cavendish Professor of Experimental Physics → namedAfter → Cavendish Laboratory →

Cavendish Laboratory → operatedBy → Cavendish Laboratory →

this entity surface form: "Department of Physics, University of Cambridge"

Department of Physics, University of Cambridge → researchFacility → Cavendish Laboratory →

this entity surface form: "Cavendish Laboratory buildings"

Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge → sharesSiteWith → Cavendish Laboratory →

Tube Alloys programme → usedFacility → Cavendish Laboratory →

this entity surface form: "Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge"

James Chadwick → workLocation → Cavendish Laboratory →

James Watson → workedAt → Cavendish Laboratory →

Mark Oliphant → workedAt → Cavendish Laboratory →

Brian Pippard → workplace → Cavendish Laboratory →

Martin Ryle → workplace → Cavendish Laboratory →

Peter Kapitza → workplace → Cavendish Laboratory →