Charles Thomson Rees Wilson

For other people named Charles Wilson, see Charles Wilson (disambiguation).

Charles Thomson Rees Wilson
CH FRS
Wilson in 1927
Born(1869-02-14)14 February 1869
Glencorse, Midlothian, Scotland
Died15 November 1959(1959-11-15) (aged 90)
Carlops, Scottish Borders, Scotland
Alma materOwens College
Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge
Known forWilson chamber
Atmospheric electricity
Spouse
Jessie Fraser
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(m. 1908)​
Children4
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
Meteorology
InstitutionsSidney Sussex College, Cambridge
Academic advisorsJ. J. Thomson
Doctoral studentsPhilip Dee
C. F. Powell

Charles Thomson Rees Wilson CH FRS[1] (14 February 1869 – 15 November 1959) was a Scottish physicist and meteorologist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics for his invention of the cloud chamber.[2][3]

  1. ^ Blackett, P. M. S. (1960). "Charles Thomson Rees Wilson 1869–1959". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 6: 269–295. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1960.0037. S2CID 73384198.
  2. ^ Asimov's Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, Isaac Asimov, 2nd ed., Doubleday & C., Inc., ISBN 0-385-17771-2.
  3. ^ "Charles Thomson Rees Wilson's biography". Archived from the original on 3 August 2004. Retrieved 5 April 2004.