Nevill Mott

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Nobel laureate in Physics human physicist theoretical physicist

Nevill Mott was a British physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on the electronic structure of magnetic and disordered systems, particularly in solids.

Aliases (2)

Nevill Francis Mott ×3
Sir Nevill Mott ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Nobel laureate in Physics → human → physicist → theoretical physicist →
awardReceived	Copley Medal → Faraday Medal → Knight Bachelor → Maxwell Medal and Prize → Nobel Prize in Physics → Royal Medal →
citizenship	British →
countryOfBirth	United Kingdom →
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom → United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland →
dateOfBirth	1905-09-30 →
dateOfDeath	1996-08-08 →
educatedAt	Clifton College → St John’s College, Cambridge NERFINISHED →
employer	Cavendish Laboratory → University of Bristol → University of Cambridge →
familyName	Mott →
fieldOfWork	condensed matter physics → disordered systems → electronic structure of solids → magnetism → solid-state physics → theoretical physics →
fullName	Nevill Francis Mott →
givenName	Nevill →
knownFor	Mott insulator → Mott transition → Mott variable-range hopping → theory of electronic structure of magnetic and disordered systems → work on amorphous semiconductors →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
memberOf	Order of Merit → Royal Society →
nobelPrizeCategory	Physics →
nobelPrizeMotivation	for his fundamental theoretical investigations of the electronic structure of magnetic and disordered systems →
nobelPrizeYear	1977 →
notableWork	Electronic Processes in Non-Crystalline Materials → Metal-Insulator Transitions →
placeOfBirth	Leeds →
placeOfDeath	Milton Keynes →
positionHeld	Cavendish Professor of Physics →
sexOrGender	male →
workLocation	Bristol → Cambridge →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Cavendish Laboratory →	associatedWithPerson
Nevill Mott ("Nevill Francis Mott") →	fullName
Ascension Parish Burial Ground, Cambridge ("Sir Nevill Mott") →	hasGraveOf
Duddell Medal and Prize ("Nevill Francis Mott") →	notableRecipient
George Paget Thomson ("Nevill Francis Mott") →	notableStudent