Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett

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Predicate	Object
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 CH The Right Honourable
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
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett