Ernest Thomas Sinton Walton

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Ernest_Thomas_Sinton_Walton
GPTKB entity
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gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Hughes_Medal
gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics
gptkbp:birthDate 1903-10-06
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Dungarvan,_County_Waterford,_Ireland
gptkbp:children 4
gptkbp:deathDate 1995-06-25
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Belfast,_Northern_Ireland
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gptkbp:educatedAt gptkb:Trinity_College_Dublin
gptkb:Methodist_College_Belfast
gptkbp:fieldOfWork nuclear physics
particle physics
physics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Ernest Thomas Sinton Walton
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Cockcroft–Walton_generator
splitting the atom
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Royal_Irish_Academy
gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:nationality Irish
gptkbp:NobelPrizeSharedWith gptkb:John_Cockcroft
gptkbp:NobelPrizeYear 1951
gptkbp:notableStudent gptkb:John_S._Bell
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Methodism
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gptkbp:signature Ernest Walton signature.svg
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gptkb:Trinity_College_Dublin
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