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more general categories information about this item 10. Noble Prize 10. Noble Prize Physics (209) 11. Award Year 11. Award Year 1940s (43) 1946 (8) 12. Winner Type 12. Winner Type Person (904) 13. Gender 13. Gender Male (853) 14. Birth Year 14. Birth Year 1880s (52) 1882 (4) 15. Place of Birth 15. Place of Birth North America (290) United States (268) Northeastern states (100) Massachusetts (21) Cambridge (3) 16. Death Year 16. Death Year 1960s (49) 1961 (7) 17. Place of Death 17. Place of Death North America (223) United States (214) Northeastern states (77) New Hampshire (1) Randolph (1) 19. Given Name 19. Given Name L-R (240) P (45) 20. Family Name 20. Family Name A-D (195) B (80) 23. Religion 23. Religion Irreligion group (86) Atheism (75) 24. Age at Award Time 24. Age at Award Time 60 - 69 (252) 65 (29) 32. Occupations 32. Occupations Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations (601) Physical Scientists (333) Astronomers and Physicists (222) Physicists (206) 34. Citizens 34. Citizens North America (328) United States (307) 37. Worked for College or University 37. Worked for College or University North America (309) United States (303) Northeastern states (122) Massachusetts (62) Harvard University (38) 42. Affilliation with College or University 42. Affilliation with College or University North America (529) United States (521) Northeastern states (374) Massachusetts (226) Cambridge (217) Harvard (159) Alumni (77) Long-term academic staff (53) 44. Memberships 44. Memberships A-D (656) A (635) American Academy of Arts and Sciences (531) American Association for the Advancement of Science (95) American Philosophical Society (126) American Physical Society (113) E-P (571) N (352) National Academy of Sciences (334) R-T (460) R (448) Royal Society (294) 45. Other Awards 45. Other Awards A-B (362) B (132) Bakerian Lecture (30) C-D (404) C (272) Comstock Prize in Physics (10) E-F (439) E (135) Elliott Cresson Medal (30) F (394) Faraday Medal and Prize (4) I-J (268) J (208) Josiah Willard Gibbs Lectureship (13) Q-Z (398) R (196) Rumford Prize (16) complete name: Percy Williams Bridgman nobel prize: physics award year: 1946 prize share: Prize share: 1/1 rational: The Nobel Prize in Physics 1946 was awarded to Percy Williams Bridgman "for the invention of an apparatus to produce extremely high pressures, and for the discoveries he made therewith in the field of high pressure physics." biography: Biography laureate facts: Facts laureate lecture: Lecture given name: Percy family name: Bridgman occupation: physicist occupation: university teacher field of work: physics work location: Harvard University, Massachusetts Hall, Cambridge, MA, 02138, United States of America description: Percy Williams Bridgman was an American physicist who won the 1946 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on the physics of high pressures. He also wrote extensively on the scientific method and on other aspects of the philosophy of science. image copyright: Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. image citation: The Nobel Prize in Physics 1946. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1946/summary/> date birth: 1882 date death: 1961 usual name: Percy Bridgman
