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Charles Thomson Rees Wilson

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Charles Wilson
Wilson in 1927
BornCharles Thomson Rees Wilson
14 Februar 1869(1869-02-14)
Midlothian, Scotland
Dee'd15 November 1959(1959-11-15) (aged 90)
Edinburgh, Scotland
NaitionalityScots
Alma materVarsity o Manchester
Varsity o Cambridge
Kent forClood chamber
Awairds
Scientific career
FieldsPheesics
InstitutionsVarsity o Cambridge
Academic advisorsJ. J. Thomson
Doctoral studentsCecil Frank Powell

Charles Thomson Rees Wilson, CH, FRS[1] (14 Februar 1869 – 15 November 1959) wis a Scots pheesicist an meteorologist who received the Nobel Prize in pheesics for his invention o the clood chamber.[2][3]

References

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  1. Blackett, P. M. S. (1960). "Charles Thomson Rees Wilson 1869-1959". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. Royal Society. 6. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1960.0037.
  2. Asimov's Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, Isaac Asimov, 2nd ed., Doubleday & C., Inc., ISBN 0-385-17771-2.
  3. "Charles Thomson Rees Wilsons biography". Archived frae the original on 3 August 2004. Retrieved 30 September 2015.