Cockcroft

Cock·croft  (kkkrôft, -krft), Sir John Douglas 1897-1967.

British physicist who with Ernest Walton succeeded in splitting the atom (1931). They shared a 1951 Nobel Prize for their contributions to nuclear physics.

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Cockcroft [ˈkɒkˌkrɒft]

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(Biographies / Cockcroft, Sir John Douglas (1897-1967) M, English, SCIENCE: physicist) Sir John Douglas. 1897-1967, English nuclear physicist. With E. T. S. Walton, he produced the first artificial transmutation of an atomic nucleus (1932) and shared the Nobel prize for physics 1951

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Cockcroft - British physicist who (with Ernest Walton in 1931) first split an atom (1897-1967) Sir John Cockcroft, Sir John Douglas Cockcroft