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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John Cockcroft canonical 7
John Douglas Cockcroft 3
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instanceOf British person
Nobel laureate
human
nuclear physicist
physicist
academicAdvisor Ernest Rutherford
awardReceived Atombaupreis
Faraday Medal
linked to: IET 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
University of Cambridge
University of Manchester
familyName Cockcroft
linked to: John Cockcroft
fieldOfWork nuclear physics
particle physics
physics
fullName Sir John Douglas Cockcroft
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givenName John
honorificPrefix Sir
knownFor Cockcroft–Walton experiment
Cockcroft–Walton generator
contributions to the development of nuclear energy
pioneering early nuclear physics
splitting the atomic nucleus
memberOf Pontifical Academy of Sciences
Royal Society
middleName Douglas
militaryService Royal Field Artillery
nationality British
NobelPrizeCategory Physics
NobelPrizeSharedWith Ernest Walton
NobelPrizeYear 1951
notableAchievement first artificial disintegration of the atomic nucleus using accelerated protons
placeOfBirth Todmorden, Yorkshire, England
linked to: Todmorden
placeOfDeath Cambridge, England
positionHeld Chancellor of the Australian National University
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

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John Cockcroft fullName Sir John Douglas Cockcroft
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John Cockcroft familyName Cockcroft
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Mark Oliphant collaboratedWith John Cockcroft
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Ascension Parish Burial Ground, Cambridge hasGraveOf Sir John Cockcroft
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Cockcroft–Walton experiment conductedBy John Douglas Cockcroft
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Cockcroft–Walton generator namedAfter John Douglas Cockcroft
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Cockcroft–Walton generator developedBy John Douglas Cockcroft
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Ernest Walton coDeveloperWith John Cockcroft
John Cockcroft familyName Cockcroft
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The Perse School hasAlumni Sir John Cockcroft
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Atoms for Peace Award hasRecipient John Cockcroft
Tizard Mission participant John Cockcroft