Patrick Blackett, Baron Blackett
Physicist, Academic
1897 – 1974
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Who was Patrick Blackett, Baron Blackett?
Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett, Baron Blackett OM CH FRS was an English experimental physicist known for his work on cloud chambers, cosmic rays, and paleomagnetism. He also made a major contribution in World War II advising on military strategy and developing operational research. His left-wing views saw an outlet in third world development and in influencing policy in the Labour Government of the 1960s.
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- Born
- Nov 18, 1897
Kensington - Also known as
- P. M. S. Blackett
- Siblings
- Religion
- Atheism
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Education
- University of Cambridge
- King's College, Cambridge
- Magdalene College, Cambridge
- Employment
- Imperial College London
- University of Cambridge
- University of London
- Lived in
- United Kingdom
- Died
- Jul 13, 1974
London
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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