Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Patrick_Maynard_Stuart_Blackett
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkb:physicist
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Magdalene_College,_Cambridge
gptkbp:award gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics
gptkbp:awardedFor development of the Wilson cloud chamber method and discoveries in nuclear physics and cosmic radiation
gptkbp:awardYear 1948
gptkbp:birthDate 1897-11-18
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:London
gptkbp:children gptkb:Nicholas_Blackett
gptkbp:deathDate 1974-07-13
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:London
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Ernest_Rutherford
gptkbp:electedFellowOf gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:elects 1933
gptkbp:field cosmic ray research
geophysics
nuclear physics
physics
gptkbp:honorificPrefix gptkb:FRS
gptkb:OM
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The Right Honourable
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:British_science_policy
military operations research
gptkbp:knownFor cloud chamber experiments
work on cosmic rays
advocacy for science policy in government
discovery of positron-electron pair production
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:militaryConflict gptkb:World_War_I
gptkbp:militaryService gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableStudent gptkb:Abdus_Salam
gptkbp:position gptkb:President_of_the_Royal_Society
Professor at University of Manchester
Professor at Imperial College London
gptkbp:publishedWork gptkb:Studies_of_Cosmic_Rays_with_the_Cloud_Chamber
Military and Political Consequences of Atomic Energy
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Aldeburgh,_Suffolk
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Constanza_Bayon
gptkbp:subjectOf biographies on scientific leadership
historical studies of British science
gptkbp:title gptkb:Baron_Blackett
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Patrick_Blackett
gptkb:Victoria_University_of_Manchester
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4