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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) 1948 (4) 12. Winner Type 12. Winner Type Person (904) 13. Gender 13. Gender Male (853) 14. Birth Year 14. Birth Year 1890s (65) 1897 (11) 15. Place of Birth 15. Place of Birth Europe (459) Europe, western (207) United Kingdom (101) London (16) 16. Death Year 16. Death Year 1970s (66) 1974 (5) 17. Place of Death 17. Place of Death Europe (331) Europe, western (182) United Kingdom (86) London (22) 19. Given Name 19. Given Name L-R (240) P (45) 20. Family Name 20. Family Name A-D (195) B (80) 21. Shared Given Name 21. Shared Given Name L-R (156) P (34) Patrick (3) 23. Religion 23. Religion z-Missing value reason (465) Source data not available (465) 24. Age at Award Time 24. Age at Award Time 50 - 59 (231) 52 (14) 32. Occupations 32. Occupations Management Occupations (53) Top Executives (53) Legislators (53) 34. Citizens 34. Citizens Europe (450) Europe, western (223) United Kingdom (110) 37. Worked for College or University 37. Worked for College or University Europe (232) Europe, western (125) United Kingdom (64) Manchester (5) Victoria University (3) 42. Affilliation with College or University 42. Affilliation with College or University Europe (535) Europe, central (165) Germany (154) Göttingen (44) University of Göttingen (44) Short-term academic staff (17) Europe, western (390) United Kingdom (235) Cambridge (118) University of Cambridge (118) Alumni (69) Long-term academic staff (44) London (82) Imperial College London (20) Long-term academic staff (10) Manchester (25) University of Manchester (25) Long-term academic staff (13) 44. Memberships 44. Memberships A-D (656) A (635) Academy of Sciences of the USSR (80) American Academy of Arts and Sciences (531) E-P (571) G (195) German Academy of Sciences at Berlin (32) German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina (179) 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) Copley Medal (60) E-F (439) F (394) Fellow of the Royal Society (101) Q-Z (398) R (196) Royal Medal (50) complete name: Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett nobel prize: physics award year: 1948 prize share: Prize share: 1/1 rational: The Nobel Prize in Physics 1948 was awarded to Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett "for his development of the Wilson cloud chamber method, and his discoveries therewith in the fields of nuclear physics and cosmic radiation." biography: Biography laureate facts: Facts laureate lecture: Lecture given name: Patrick family name: Blackett occupation: politician occupation: physicist occupation: university teacher occupation: nuclear scientist field of work: physics work location: University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom description: Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett was an English experimental physicist known for his work on cloud chambers, cosmic rays, and paleomagnetism, winning the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1948. 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. image copyright: Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. image citation: The Nobel Prize in Physics 1948. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1948/summary/> date birth: 1897 date death: 1974 usual name: Patrick Blackett
