C. T. R. Wilson
February 14, 1869 –November 15, 1959
Physicist, Meteorologist, University teacher, Chemist, Scholar
Lived 90 years
- Born in
- Glencorse
- Passed away in
- Carlops
Charles Thomson Rees Wilson (14 February 1869 – 15 November 1959) was a British meteorologist and physicist who shared the 1927 Nobel Prize in Physics with Arthur Compton for his invention of the cloud chamber.
Awards: Fellow of the Royal Society, Copley Medal, Royal Medal, Nobel Prize in Physics, Howard N. Potts Medal, Hughes Medal, Franklin Medal, Companion of Honour, Gunning Victoria Jubilee Prize, Dennis Gabor Medal and Prize Education: University of Manchester, University of Cambridge, Sidney Sussex College, Bradford Grammar School
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