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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 1950s (72) 1958 (9) 12. Winner Type 12. Winner Type Person (904) 13. Gender 13. Gender Male (853) 14. Birth Year 14. Birth Year 1900s (92) 1908 (7) 15. Place of Birth 15. Place of Birth Asia (96) Russia (24) Saint Petersburg (3) 16. Death Year 16. Death Year 1990s (82) 1990 (5) 17. Place of Death 17. Place of Death Asia (33) Russia (15) Moscow (12) 19. Given Name 19. Given Name E-K (339) I (15) 20. Family Name 20. Family Name E-K (239) F (33) 21. Shared Given Name 21. Shared Given Name E-K (229) I (5) Ilya (3) 23. Religion 23. Religion Religious group (353) Judaism (160) 24. Age at Award Time 24. Age at Award Time 50 - 59 (231) 51 (21) 32. Occupations 32. Occupations Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations (601) Physical Scientists (333) Astronomers and Physicists (222) Physicists (206) 33. Ethnic Origins 33. Ethnic Origins Asia (244) Middle East (197) Israel (197) 34. Citizens 34. Citizens Asia (83) Russia (27) 37. Worked for College or University 37. Worked for College or University Asia (32) Russia (10) Moscow (9) Lebedev Physical Institute (6) 42. Affilliation with College or University 42. Affilliation with College or University Asia (71) Russia (19) Moscow (15) Moscow State University (13) Alumni (7) Long-term academic staff (7) 44. Memberships 44. Memberships A-D (656) A (635) Academy of Sciences of the USSR (80) E-P (571) G (195) German Academy of Sciences at Berlin (32) R-T (460) R (448) Russian Academy of Sciences (144) 45. Other Awards 45. Other Awards M-N (333) M (172) Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945" (8) O-P (364) O (205) Order of Lenin (13) Order of the Badge of Honour (7) Order of the October Revolution (2) Order of the Red Banner of Labour (9) Q-Z (398) S (125) Stalin prize (8) U (12) USSR State Prize (4) complete name: Il´ja Mikhailovich Frank nobel prize: physics award year: 1958 together with: Pavel Cherenkov together with: Igor Tamm prize share: Prize share: 1/3 rational: The Nobel Prize in Physics 1958 was awarded jointly to Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov, Il´ja Mikhailovich Frank and Igor Yevgenyevich Tamm "for the discovery and the interpretation of the Cherenkov effect." biography: Biography laureate facts: Facts laureate lecture: Lecture given name: Ilya family name: Frank occupation: physicist occupation: university teacher field of work: nuclear physics work location: Lebedev Physical Institute, Ленинский проспект, 53Moscow, Russia description: Il´ja Mikhailovich Frank was a Soviet winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1958 jointly with Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov and Igor Y. Tamm, also of the Soviet Union. He received the award for his work in explaining the phenomenon of Cherenkov radiation. He received the Stalin prize in 1946 and 1953 and the USSR state prize in 1971. pronunciation: (Russian: Илья́ Миха́йлович Франк) image copyright: Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. image citation: The Nobel Prize in Physics 1958. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1958/summary/> date birth: 1908 date death: 1990 usual name: Il´ja Frank