John douglas cockcroft biography sample

          Cockcroft was born in Todmorden, England, on May 27, , the son of a textile manufacturer.

        1. Was born in at Todmorden, the son of a cotton manufacturer.
        2. The eldest child, John Douglas Cockcroft, was born on 27 May In boyhood he developed a keen interest in the machinery of the mill.
        3. John Cockcroft was a British physicist who pioneered the use of particle accelerators in studying the atomic nucleus.
        4. British physicist who shared with Ernest Walton the Nobel Prize in Physics in for splitting the atomic nucleus, and was instrumental in the development of.

          5. The eldest child, John Douglas Cockcroft, was born on 27 May In boyhood he developed a keen interest in the machinery of the mill..

          John Cockcroft

          English physicist (1897–1967)

          For the politician, see John Cockcroft (politician).

          For the cardiologist, see John R. Cockcroft.

          Professor

          Sir John Cockcroft

          OM KCB FRS

          Cockcroft in 1961

          In office
          1959–1967
          Succeeded byWilliam Hawthorne
          Born

          John Douglas Cockcroft


          (1897-05-27)27 May 1897
          Todmorden, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
          Died18 September 1967(1967-09-18) (aged 70)
          Cambridge, England
          Resting placeAscension Parish Burial Ground, Cambridge
          Alma mater
          Known forPerforming the first fully artificial nuclear reaction and nuclear transmutation
          Spouse

          Elizabeth Crabtree

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          (m. 1925)​
          Children6
          Awards
          Honours
          Scientific career
          FieldsNuclear physics
          Institutions
          Thesis On phenomena occurring in the condensation of molecular streams on surfaces  (1928)
          Doctoral advisorErnest Rutherford
          In office
          1939–1946