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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]
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Charles Thomson Rees Wilson | |
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Born | Charles Thomson Rees Wilson (1868-02-14)14 February 1868 Glencorse, Scotland |
Died | 15 November 1959(1959-11-15) (aged 90) Carlops, Scotland |
Nationality (legal) | Scottish |
Alma mater | Owens College Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge |
Known for | Cloud chamber |
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Scientific career | |
Fields | Physics |
Institutions | Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge |
Academic advisors | J. J. Thomson |
Doctoral students | Cecil Frank Powell |
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