Charles Thomson Rees Wilson

Details of the Nobel Prize awarded to Charles Thomson Rees Wilson
Full Name of the recipient	Charles Thomson Rees Wilson
Award	Nobel Prize in Physics
Year of Award	1927
Share in Award	50.0%
Award Shared with	Arthur Holly Compton (50.0%)
Motivation for the Award	for his method of making the paths of electrically charged particles visible by condensation of vapour
Affiliation at the Time of Award	University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Place of Birth	Glencorse, Scotland GBR
Date of Birth	14 February 1869
Age at the time of Award	57 years
Place of Death	Carlops, Scotland GBR
Date of Death	15 November 1959

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