John Cockcroft
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 58 years ago |
| Date of birth | May 27,1897 |
| Zodiac sign | Gemini |
| Born | Todmorden |
| United Kingdom | |
| Date of died | September 18,1967 |
| Died | Cambridge |
| United Kingdom | |
| Nationality | British |
| Known for | Nuclear fission |
| Splitting the atom | |
| Job | Physicist |
| Books | The Organization of Research Establishments |
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| Awards | Nobel Prize in Physics |
| Royal Medal | |
| Hughes Medal | |
| IET Faraday Medal | |
| Atoms for Peace Award | |
| Niels Bohr International Gold Medal | |
| Current partner | Elizabeth Crabtree |
| Spouse | Elizabeth Crabtree |
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| ID | 469514 |
John Cockcroft Life story
Sir John Douglas Cockcroft, OM, KCB, CBE, FRS was a British physicist who shared with Ernest Walton the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1951 for splitting the atomic nucleus, and was instrumental in the development of nuclear power.
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