Sir John Douglas Cockcroft

Details of the Nobel Prize awarded to Sir John Douglas Cockcroft
Full Name of the recipient	Sir John Douglas Cockcroft
Award	Nobel Prize in Physics
Year of Award	1951
Share in Award	50.0%
Award Shared with	Ernest Thomas Sinton Walton (50.0%)
Motivation for the Award	for their pioneer work on the transmutation of atomic nuclei by artificially accelerated atomic particles
Affiliation at the Time of Award	Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Harwell, Berkshire, United Kingdom
Place of Birth	Todmorden, United Kingdom GBR
Date of Birth	27 May 1897
Age at the time of Award	53 years
Place of Death	Cambridge, United Kingdom GBR
Date of Death	18 September 1967

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