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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Generate an image of John Cockcroft (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.)

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
John Cockcroft canonical 9
John Douglas Cockcroft 3
Sir John Cockcroft 3

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Statements (51)

Predicate Object
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 ⓘ
linked to: John Cockcroft
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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MAUD Committee → member → John Cockcroft ⓘ
Tube Alloys programme → keyPerson → John Cockcroft ⓘ
John Cockcroft → fullName → Sir John Douglas Cockcroft ⓘ
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John Cockcroft → familyName → Cockcroft ⓘ
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Mark Oliphant → collaboratedWith → John Cockcroft ⓘ
subject linked to: Oliphant
Ascension Parish Burial Ground, Cambridge → hasGraveOf → Sir John Cockcroft ⓘ
linked to: John Cockcroft
Cockcroft–Walton experiment → conductedBy → John Douglas Cockcroft ⓘ
linked to: John Cockcroft
Cockcroft–Walton generator → namedAfter → John Douglas Cockcroft ⓘ
linked to: John Cockcroft
Cockcroft–Walton generator → developedBy → John Douglas Cockcroft ⓘ
linked to: John Cockcroft
Ernest Walton → coDeveloperWith → John Cockcroft ⓘ
John Cockcroft → familyName → Cockcroft ⓘ
subject linked to: John
linked to: John Cockcroft
The Perse School → hasAlumni → Sir John Cockcroft ⓘ
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Atoms for Peace Award → hasRecipient → John Cockcroft ⓘ
Tizard Mission → participant → John Cockcroft ⓘ
Ascension Parish Burial Ground → hasBurial → Sir John Cockcroft ⓘ
linked to: John Cockcroft
1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson → student → John Cockcroft ⓘ