Charles Thomson Rees Wilson

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Charles Wilson
Wilson in 1927
Born Charles Thomson Rees Wilson
14 Februar 1869 ( 1869-02-14 )
Midlothian , Scotland
Dee'd 15 November 1959 (1959-11-15) (aged 90)
Edinburgh , Scotland
Naitionality Scots
Alma mater Varsity o Manchester
Varsity o Cambridge
Kent for Clood chamber
Awairds
Scientific career
Fields Pheesics
Institutions Varsity o Cambridge
Academic advisors J. J. Thomson
Doctoral students Cecil Frank Powell

Charles Thomson Rees Wilson , CH , FRS [1] (14 Februar 1869 ? 15 November 1959) wis a Scots pheesicist an meteorologist who received the Nobel Prize in pheesics for his invention o the clood chamber . [2] [3]

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  1. Blackett, P. M. S. (1960). "Charles Thomson Rees Wilson 1869-1959". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society . Royal Society. 6 . doi : 10.1098/rsbm.1960.0037 .
  2. Asimov's Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology , Isaac Asimov, 2nd ed., Doubleday & C., Inc., ISBN 0-385-17771-2 .
  3. "Charles Thomson Rees Wilsons biography" . Archived frae the original on 3 August 2004 . Retrieved 30 September 2015 .