Charles Thomson Rees Wilson

Charles Thomson Rees Wilson
CH FRS
Charles Thomson Rees Wilson CH FRS
	Wilson in 1927
Born	14 February 1869; Glencorse, Scotland
Died	15 November 1959 (aged 90); Carlops, Scotland
Alma mater	Owens College; Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge;
Known for	Cloud chamber; Atmospheric electricity;
Awards	Royal Medal (1922); Howard N. Potts Medal (1925); FRS (1900); Nobel Prize in Physics (1927); Franklin Medal (1929); Duddell Medal and Prize (1931);
	Scientific career
Fields	Physics
Institutions	Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge
Academic advisors	J. J. Thomson
Doctoral students	Cecil Frank Powell; Philip Dee;

Charles Thomson Rees Wilson, CH, FRS^[1] (14 February 1869 – 15 November 1959) was a Scottish physicist and meteorologist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics for his invention of the cloud chamber.^[2]^[3]

^ Blackett, P. M. S. (1960). "Charles Thomson Rees Wilson 1869–1959". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 6: 269–295. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1960.0037. S2CID 73384198.
^ Asimov's Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, Isaac Asimov, 2nd ed., Doubleday & C., Inc., ISBN 0-385-17771-2.
^ Charles Thomson Rees Wilson's biography

Charles Thomson Rees Wilson CH FRS
Wilson in 1927
Born	(1869-02-14)14 February 1869 Glencorse, Scotland
Died	15 November 1959(1959-11-15) (aged 90) Carlops, Scotland
Alma mater	Owens College Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge
Known for	Cloud chamber Atmospheric electricity
Awards	Royal Medal (1922) Howard N. Potts Medal (1925) FRS (1900) Nobel Prize in Physics (1927) Franklin Medal (1929) Duddell Medal and Prize (1931)
Scientific career
Fields	Physics
Institutions	Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge
Academic advisors	J. J. Thomson
Doctoral students	Cecil Frank Powell Philip Dee