Charles Thomson Rees Wilson

Physicist, Academic

1869 – 1959

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Who was Charles Thomson Rees Wilson?

Charles Thomson Rees Wilson, CH, FRS was a Scottish physicist and meteorologist who received the Nobel Prize in physics for his invention of the cloud chamber.

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Born
Feb 14, 1869
Midlothian
Ethnicity
  • Scottish people
Nationality
  • United Kingdom
Profession
Education
  • University of Cambridge
  • University of Manchester
  • Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge
  • Victoria University of Manchester
Died
Nov 15, 1959
Edinburgh

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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