Cockcroft, Sir John

Cockcroft, Sir John
1897–1967
   Cockcroft was a British nuclear physicist who played an important part in directing the use of radar against aerial attack. He had become famous in 1932 when he had collaborated with Ernest Walton to produce an atom-smasher. In 1939 he was appointed Assistant Director of Research, Ministry of Supply and from 1941–44 was Chief Superintendent of Air Defense Research and Development. In 1944 he was appointed Director of the Atomic Energy Division of the National Research Council of Canada.

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  • Cockcroft,Sir John Douglas — Cock·croft (kŏkʹkrôft , krŏft ), Sir John Douglas. 1897 1967. British physicist who with Ernest Walton succeeded in splitting the atom (1931). They shared a 1951 Nobel Prize for their contributions to nuclear physics. * * * …   Universalium

  • Cockcroft, Sir John Douglas — ▪ British physicist born May 27, 1897, Todmorden, Yorkshire, Eng. died Sept. 18, 1967, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire  British physicist, joint winner, with Ernest T.S. Walton (Walton, Ernest Thomas Sinton) of Ireland, of the 1951 Nobel Prize for… …   Universalium

  • Cockcroft , Sir John Douglas — (1897–1967) British physicist Cockcroft, who was born at Todmorden in northern England, entered Manchester University in 1914 to study mathematics, but left the following year to join the army. After World War I he was apprenticed to the… …   Scientists

  • Sir John Cockcroft — noun British physicist who (with Ernest Walton in 1931) first split an atom (1897 1967) • Syn: ↑Cockcroft, ↑Sir John Douglas Cockcroft • Instance Hypernyms: ↑nuclear physicist …   Useful english dictionary

  • Sir John Douglas Cockcroft — noun British physicist who (with Ernest Walton in 1931) first split an atom (1897 1967) • Syn: ↑Cockcroft, ↑Sir John Cockcroft • Instance Hypernyms: ↑nuclear physicist …   Useful english dictionary

  • Cockcroft, sir John Douglas — ► (1897 1967) Físico británico. Fue premio Nobel de Física en 1951, compartido con E. T. S. Walton, por sus trabajos de creación de un acelerador de partículas …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • John Douglas Cockcroft — John Cockcroft Sir John Douglas Cockcroft (* 27. Mai 1897 in Todmorden, England; † 18. September 1967 in Cambridge) war ein englischer Atomphysiker und Nobelpreisträger. Inhaltsverzeichnis …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Cockcroft — John Cockcroft Sir John Douglas Cockcroft (* 27. Mai 1897 in Todmorden, England; † 18. September 1967 in Cambridge) war ein englischer Atomphysiker und Nobelpreisträger. Inhaltsverzeichnis …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • John Douglas Cockroft — John Cockcroft Sir John Douglas Cockcroft (* 27. Mai 1897 in Todmorden, England; † 18. September 1967 in Cambridge) war ein englischer Atomphysiker und Nobelpreisträger. Inhaltsverzeichnis …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • John Cockcroft — Sir John Douglas Cockcroft (* 27. Mai 1897 in Todmorden, England; † 18. September 1967 in Cambridge) war ein englischer Atomphysiker und Nobelpreisträger. I …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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