Patrick Blackett

The Right Honourable
The Lord Blackett
OM CH FRS
The Right Honourable The Lord Blackett OM CH FRS
	Blackett in 1948
Born	Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett; 18 November 1897; London, England
Died	13 July 1974 (aged 76); London, England
Resting place	Kensal Green Cemetery, London
Alma mater	Osborne Naval College; University of Cambridge
Known for	Cloud chamber; Paleomagnetism
Spouse	Costanza Bayon (m. 1924)
Children	2; Giovanna Blackett Bloor and Nicolas Blackett
Awards	Royal Medal (1940); Nobel Prize in Physics (1948); Dalton Medal (1948); Medal for Merit (1946); Copley Medal (1956);
	Scientific career
Fields	Physics
Institutions	King's College, Cambridge; Birkbeck, University of London; University of Manchester; Imperial College London;
Academic advisors	Ernest Rutherford
Doctoral students	Edward Bullard; Bibha Chowdhuri; Keith Runcorn; Roberto Salmeron;
Other notable students	J. Robert Oppenheimer; Ishrat Hussain Usmani
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Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett, Baron Blackett (18 November 1897 – 13 July 1974) was an English physicist who received the 1948 Nobel Prize in Physics.^[7] In 1925, he was the first person to prove that radioactivity could cause the nuclear transmutation of one chemical element to another.^[8] He also made major contributions to the Allied war effort in World War II, advising on military strategy and developing operational research.

In the war's aftermath, Blackett continued his scientific work, but also became outspoken on political matters. He advocated for restraints on the military use of atomic energy. He was a proponent for Third World development and for reducing the gap between rich and poor.^[9]^[10] In the 1950s and '60s, he was a key advisor to the Labour Party on science and technology policy.^[11]^[12] By the time of his death in 1974, Blackett had become controversial to the point that the Times obituary referred to him as the "Radical Nobel-Prize Winning Physicist".^[13]

^ McKenzie, D.P. (23 May 2018). "Bullard, Edward Crisp". encyclopedia.com.
^ Chowdhuri, Bibha (1949). Extensive air showers associated with penetrating particles. jisc.ac.uk (PhD thesis). University of Manchester. OCLC 643572452. EThOS uk.bl.ethos.601680. Archived from the original on 6 December 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
^ Creer, Kenneth M. (11 January 1996). "Stanley Keith Runcorn (1922—95)" (PDF). Nature. 379.
^ Bird, Kai; Sherwin, Martin J. (2005). American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. pp. 42–43. ISBN 978-0-375-41202-8. OCLC 56753298.
^ "Imdad-Sitara Khan Scholarship". www.spaandanb.org. SpaandanB Project. Archived from the original on 6 April 2017. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
^ "Biography: Dr. Imdadul Haque". www.iskkc.org. Archived from the original on 4 February 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
^ H. S. W., Massey (September 1974). "Lord Blackett". Physics Today. 27 (9): 69–71. Bibcode:1974PhT....27i..69M. doi:10.1063/1.3128879.
^ Blackett, Patrick Maynard Stuart (2 February 1925). "The ejection of protons from nitrogen nuclei, photographed by the Wilson method". Proceedings of the Royal Society A. 107 (742): 349–360.
^ Nye, Mary Jo (26 January 2005). "Professor Blackett Lecture: 'Blackett as Scientific Leader: Physics, War and Politics in the Twentieth Century'". Imperial College London.
^ Anderson, R. S. (1999). "Patrick Blackett in India: Military consultant and scientific intervenor, 1947-72. Part one". Notes and Records of the Royal Society. 53 (2): 253–273. doi:10.1098/rsnr.1999.0079. S2CID 144374364.
^ Anderson, D. (2007). "Patrick Blackett: Physicist, Radical, and Chief Architect of the Manchester Computing Phenomenon". IEEE Annals of the History of Computing. 29 (3): 82–85. doi:10.1109/mahc.2007.4338448.
^ Nye, Mary Jo (2004). "Blackett, Patrick Maynard Stuart, Baron Blackett (1897–1974)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/30822. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Lord Blackett: Radical Nobel-Prize Winning Physicist". The Times. London. 15 July 1974.

[1] McKenzie, D.P. (23 May 2018). "Bullard, Edward Crisp". encyclopedia.com.

[bibphd-2] Chowdhuri, Bibha (1949). Extensive air showers associated with penetrating particles. jisc.ac.uk (PhD thesis). University of Manchester. OCLC 643572452. EThOS uk.bl.ethos.601680. Archived from the original on 6 December 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2018.

[3] Creer, Kenneth M. (11 January 1996). "Stanley Keith Runcorn (1922—95)" (PDF). Nature. 379.

[4] Bird, Kai; Sherwin, Martin J. (2005). American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. pp. 42–43. ISBN 978-0-375-41202-8. OCLC 56753298.

[5] "Imdad-Sitara Khan Scholarship". www.spaandanb.org. SpaandanB Project. Archived from the original on 6 April 2017. Retrieved 5 April 2018.

[6] "Biography: Dr. Imdadul Haque". www.iskkc.org. Archived from the original on 4 February 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2018.

[7] H. S. W., Massey (September 1974). "Lord Blackett". Physics Today. 27 (9): 69–71. Bibcode:1974PhT....27i..69M. doi:10.1063/1.3128879.

[Proton_ejection_paper-8] Blackett, Patrick Maynard Stuart (2 February 1925). "The ejection of protons from nitrogen nuclei, photographed by the Wilson method". Proceedings of the Royal Society A. 107 (742): 349–360.

[Nye_Blackett_lecture-9] Nye, Mary Jo (26 January 2005). "Professor Blackett Lecture: 'Blackett as Scientific Leader: Physics, War and Politics in the Twentieth Century'". Imperial College London.

[Blackett_in_India-10] Anderson, R. S. (1999). "Patrick Blackett in India: Military consultant and scientific intervenor, 1947-72. Part one". Notes and Records of the Royal Society. 53 (2): 253–273. doi:10.1098/rsnr.1999.0079. S2CID 144374364.

[Computing_advocate-11] Anderson, D. (2007). "Patrick Blackett: Physicist, Radical, and Chief Architect of the Manchester Computing Phenomenon". IEEE Annals of the History of Computing. 29 (3): 82–85. doi:10.1109/mahc.2007.4338448.

[odnb-12] Nye, Mary Jo (2004). "Blackett, Patrick Maynard Stuart, Baron Blackett (1897–1974)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/30822. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[13] "Lord Blackett: Radical Nobel-Prize Winning Physicist". The Times. London. 15 July 1974.

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The Right Honourable The Lord Blackett OM CH FRS
Blackett in 1948
Born	Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett (1897-11-18)18 November 1897 London, England
Died	13 July 1974(1974-07-13) (aged 76) London, England
Resting place	Kensal Green Cemetery, London
Alma mater	Osborne Naval College University of Cambridge
Known for	Cloud chamber Paleomagnetism
Spouse	Costanza Bayon (m. 1924)
Children	2; Giovanna Blackett Bloor and Nicolas Blackett
Awards	Royal Medal (1940) Nobel Prize in Physics (1948) Dalton Medal (1948) Medal for Merit (1946) Copley Medal (1956)
Scientific career
Fields	Physics
Institutions	King's College, Cambridge Birkbeck, University of London University of Manchester Imperial College London
Academic advisors	Ernest Rutherford
Doctoral students	Edward Bullard^[1] Bibha Chowdhuri^[2] Keith Runcorn^[3] Roberto Salmeron
Other notable students	J. Robert Oppenheimer^[4] Ishrat Hussain Usmani^[5]^[6]

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