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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:person
gptkb:physicist
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gptkbp:almaMater
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gptkb:St_John's_College,_Cambridge
gptkb:University_of_Manchester
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gptkbp:awardReceived
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gptkb:Copley_Medal
gptkb:Faraday_Medal
gptkb:Hughes_Medal
gptkb:Knight_Bachelor
gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics
gptkb:order_of_merit
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gptkbp:birthDate
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1897-05-27
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gptkbp:birthPlace
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gptkb:Todmorden,_England
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gptkbp:children
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2
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gptkbp:deathDate
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1967-09-18
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gptkbp:deathPlace
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gptkb:Cambridge,_England
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gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor
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gptkb:Ernest_Rutherford
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gptkbp:doctoralStudent
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gptkb:John_R._Holt
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gptkbp:employer
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gptkb:Atomic_Energy_Research_Establishment
gptkb:University_of_Cambridge
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gptkbp:field
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physics
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gptkbp:honorificPrefix
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Sir
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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John Douglas Cockcroft
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gptkbp:inventedBy
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gptkb:Cockcroft–Walton_generator
gptkb:Ernest_Walton
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gptkbp:knownFor
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gptkb:Cockcroft–Walton_generator
splitting the atomic nucleus
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gptkbp:memberOf
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gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkb:order_of_merit
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gptkbp:militaryConflict
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gptkb:World_War_I
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gptkbp:militaryService
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gptkb:Royal_Field_Artillery
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gptkbp:nationality
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British
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gptkbp:NobelPrizeMotivation
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for their pioneer work on the transmutation of atomic nuclei by artificially accelerated atomic particles
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gptkbp:NobelPrizeYear
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1951
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gptkbp:notableStudent
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gptkb:John_R._Holt
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gptkbp:positionHeld
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Master of Churchill College, Cambridge
Director of the Atomic Energy Research Establishment
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gptkbp:residence
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gptkb:Cambridge,_England
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gptkbp:restingPlace
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gptkb:Cambridge,_England
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gptkbp:signature
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John Douglas Cockcroft signature.svg
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gptkbp:spouse
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gptkb:Eunice_Elizabeth_Crabtree
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Ernest_Rutherford
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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4
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