Cavendish Professor of Experimental Physics

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academic chair endowed chair professorship

The Cavendish Professor of Experimental Physics is a prestigious chair in physics at the University of Cambridge, historically held by leading experimental physicists.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Cavendish Professor of Physics at the University of Cambridge	3
Cavendish Professor of Physics	1
Cavendish Professor of Physics at University of Cambridge	1

Statements (41)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	academic chair ⓘ endowed chair ⓘ professorship ⓘ
academicRank	professor ⓘ
affiliation	Cavendish Laboratory ⓘ University of Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedResearchFacility	Cavendish Laboratory ⓘ
associatedWithNobelLaureates	true ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
countryOfInstitution	United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
discipline	physics ⓘ
employer	University of Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
field	experimental physics ⓘ
firstHolder	James Clerk Maxwell ⓘ
hasAcademicDiscipline	experimental physics ⓘ physics ⓘ
hasAcademicTitle	Cavendish Professor ⓘ
hasDomain	experimental research in physics ⓘ
hasRole	head of Cavendish Laboratory ⓘ
hasTenureType	tenured chair ⓘ
historicallyHeldBy	leading experimental physicists ⓘ
inception	1871 ⓘ
institution	University of Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
isPrestigious	true ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
locatedIn	Cambridge, England ⓘ surface form: Cambridge England ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
namedAfter	Cavendish Laboratory ⓘ Cavendish family ⓘ
notableHolder	Brian Pippard NERFINISHED ⓘ Ernest Rutherford ⓘ Henning Sirringhaus ⓘ J. J. Thomson ⓘ James Clerk Maxwell ⓘ Lawrence Bragg ⓘ Richard Friend ⓘ Sam Edwards ⓘ
partOf	School of the Physical Sciences, University of Cambridge ⓘ surface form: Faculty of Physics and Chemistry, University of Cambridge
sector	higher education ⓘ
selectionMethod	appointment by University of Cambridge ⓘ

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Brian Pippard → positionHeld → Cavendish Professor of Experimental Physics ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cavendish Professor of Physics at the University of Cambridge

Ernest Rutherford → positionHeld → Cavendish Professor of Experimental Physics ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cavendish Professor of Physics at University of Cambridge

J. J. Thomson → positionHeld → Cavendish Professor of Experimental Physics ⓘ

Lawrence Bragg → positionHeld → Cavendish Professor of Experimental Physics ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cavendish Professor of Physics at the University of Cambridge

Lord Rayleigh → positionHeld → Cavendish Professor of Experimental Physics ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cavendish Professor of Physics at the University of Cambridge

Nevill Mott → positionHeld → Cavendish Professor of Experimental Physics ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cavendish Professor of Physics