John Cockcroft
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John Cockcroft was a British physicist and Nobel laureate best known for splitting the atomic nucleus with Ernest Walton, pioneering early nuclear physics and contributing to the development of nuclear energy.
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| Cockcroft | 1 |
| Sir John Cockcroft | 1 |
| Sir John Douglas Cockcroft | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
British person
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Nobel laureate ⓘ human ⓘ nuclear physicist ⓘ physicist ⓘ |
| academicAdvisor | Ernest Rutherford ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Atombaupreis
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IET Faraday Medal ⓘ
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Faraday Medal
Hughes Medal ⓘ Knight Bachelor ⓘ Nobel Prize in Physics ⓘ Order of Merit ⓘ Royal Medal ⓘ |
| coInventorOf | Cockcroft–Walton generator ⓘ |
| conflictParticipatedIn | World War I ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| coWorker | Ernest Walton ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1897-05-27 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1967-09-18 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
St John’s College, Cambridge
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Cambridge University ⓘ
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University of Cambridge
University of Manchester ⓘ |
| familyName |
John Cockcroft
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Cockcroft
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| fieldOfWork |
nuclear physics
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particle physics ⓘ physics ⓘ |
| fullName |
John Cockcroft
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Sir John Douglas Cockcroft
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| givenName | John ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | Sir ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Cockcroft–Walton experiment
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Cockcroft–Walton generator ⓘ contributions to the development of nuclear energy ⓘ pioneering early nuclear physics ⓘ splitting the atomic nucleus ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Pontifical Academy of Sciences
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Royal Society ⓘ |
| middleName | Douglas ⓘ |
| militaryService |
Royal Regiment of Artillery
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Royal Field Artillery
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| nationality | British ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeCategory | Physics ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeSharedWith | Ernest Walton ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeYear | 1951 ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | first artificial disintegration of the atomic nucleus using accelerated protons ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Todmorden
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Todmorden, Yorkshire, England
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| placeOfDeath | Cambridge, England ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Chancellor of the Australian National University
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Master of Churchill College, Cambridge ⓘ director of the Atomic Energy Research Establishment at Harwell ⓘ director of the Cavendish Laboratory ⓘ |
| religion | Methodism ⓘ |
| usedApparatus | high-voltage particle accelerator ⓘ |
Referenced by (7)
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Mark Oliphant
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Cockcroft
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Sir John Douglas Cockcroft
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Sir John Cockcroft