Charles Thomson Rees Wilson

Charles Thomson Rees Wilson
Born
Charles Thomson Rees Wilson

(1869-02-14)14 February 1869
Died15 November 1959(1959-11-15) (aged 90)
NationalityScotland
Alma materUniversity of Manchester
University of Cambridge
Known forCloud chamber
AwardsHoward N. Potts Medal (1925)
Nobel Prize in Physics 1927
Franklin Medal 1929
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
InstitutionsUniversity of Cambridge
Academic advisorsJ. J. Thomson
Doctoral studentsCecil Frank Powell

Charles Thomson Rees Wilson (February 14, 1869November 15, 1959) was a Scottish physicist and meteorologist. His invention of the cloud chamber made him win the 1927 Nobel Prize in Physics.


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