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Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett
Full Name of the recipient | Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett |
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Award | Nobel Prize in Physics |
Year of Award | 1948 |
Share in Award | 100.0% |
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Motivation for the Award | for his development of the Wilson cloud chamber method, and his discoveries therewith in the fields of nuclear physics and cosmic radiation |
Affiliation at the Time of Award | Victoria University, Manchester, United Kingdom |
Place of Birth | London, United Kingdom GBR |
Date of Birth | 18 November 1897 |
Age at the time of Award | 50 years |
Place of Death | London, United Kingdom GBR |
Date of Death | 13 July 1974 |