C. F. Powell
December 5, 1903 –August 9, 1969
Physicist, University teacher, Nuclear physicist
Lived 65 years
- Born in
- Tonbridge
- Passed away in
- Lake Como
Cecil Frank Powell (5 December 1903 – 9 August 1969) was a British experimental physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1950 for heading the team that developed the photographic method of studying nuclear processes, and for the resulting discovery of the pion (pi-meson).
Awards: Hughes Medal, Nobel Prize in Physics, honorary doctor of the University of Bordeaux, Royal Society Bakerian Medal, Royal Medal, Lomonosov Gold Medal, Guthrie Medal and Prize, Fellow of the Royal Society Education: University of Cambridge, University of Bristol, Sidney Sussex College, The Judd School
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