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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) 1952 (7) 12. Winner Type 12. Winner Type Person (904) 13. Gender 13. Gender Male (853) 14. Birth Year 14. Birth Year 1900s (92) 1905 (11) 15. Place of Birth 15. Place of Birth Europe (459) Europe, western (207) Switzerland (17) Zürich (1) 16. Death Year 16. Death Year 1980s (66) 1983 (4) 17. Place of Death 17. Place of Death Europe (331) Europe, western (182) Switzerland (26) Zürich (7) 19. Given Name 19. Given Name E-K (339) F (37) 20. Family Name 20. Family Name A-D (195) B (80) 23. Religion 23. Religion Religious group (353) Judaism (160) 24. Age at Award Time 24. Age at Award Time 40 - 49 (140) 48 (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 North America (328) United States (307) 37. Worked for College or University 37. Worked for College or University North America (309) United States (303) Western states (85) California (81) Stanford (22) Stanford University (22) 42. Affilliation with College or University 42. Affilliation with College or University Europe (535) Europe, central (165) Germany (154) Leipzig (18) Leipzig University (Karl Marx University) (18) Alumni (5) Short-term academic staff (8) Europe, Nordic countries (83) Denmark (39) Copenhagen (39) University of Copenhagen (39) Short-term academic staff (26) Europe, southern (24) Italy (15) Rome (12) Sapienza University of Rome (12) Short-term academic staff (3) Europe, western (390) Netherlands (31) Utrecht (14) University of Utrecht (14) Short-term academic staff (3) Switzerland (65) Zurich (49) ETH Zurich (32) Alumni (12) North America (529) United States (521) Northeastern states (374) Massachusetts (226) Cambridge (217) Harvard (159) Short-term academic staff (75) Western states (262) California (253) Stanford (83) Stanford University (83) Long-term academic staff (46) University of California (159) Berkeley (107) University of California, Berkeley (107) Short-term academic staff (51) 44. Memberships 44. Memberships A-D (656) A (635) American Academy of Arts and Sciences (531) American Physical Society (113) R-T (460) R (448) Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (64) 45. Other Awards 45. Other Awards E-F (439) F (394) Fellow of the American Physical Society (107) O-P (364) P (242) Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts (65) complete name: Felix Bloch nobel prize: physics award year: 1952 together with: Edward Mills Purcell prize share: Prize share: 1/2 rational: The Nobel Prize in Physics 1952 was awarded jointly to Felix Bloch and Edward Mills Purcell "for their development of new methods for nuclear magnetic precision measurements and discoveries in connection therewith." biography: Biography laureate facts: Facts laureate lecture: Lecture given name: Felix family name: Bloch occupation: physicist occupation: university teacher occupation: nuclear scientist field of work: physics work location: Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands description: Felix Bloch was a Swiss physicist, working mainly in the U.S. He and Edward Mills Purcell were awarded the 1952 Nobel Prize for "their development of new ways and methods for nuclear magnetic precision measurements." In 1954-1955, he served for one year as the first Director-General of CERN. image copyright: Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. image citation: The Nobel Prize in Physics 1952. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1952/summary/> date birth: 1905 date death: 1983 usual name: Felix Bloch