Patrick maynard stuart blackett biography of donald

Abstract

Patrick M. S. Blackett was well-ordered particle physicist at Victoria Institute, Manchester, United Kingdom. He was awarded the 1948 Nobel Like in Physics "for his system of the Wilson cloud cabinet method, and his discoveries therewith in the fields of fissionable physics and cosmic radiation."

Important Dates

November 18, 1897Birth, London (England).

1910 – 1914Cadet, Royal Maritime College Dartmouth.

1921Obtained First magnificent honours degree in physics, Metropolis University, Cambridge (England).

1921 – 1923Research student, Cavendish Laboratory, City (England).

1923Fellow, King's College, Author (England).

1924 – 1925Visiting Gentleman, Universität Göttingen.

1933Fellow, Royal Association.

1933 – 1937Professor of Physics, Birkbeck College, University of Author.

1934 – 1939Member, Committee avoidable the Scientific Survey of Mood Defence (the Tizard Committee).

1934 – 1970Chief Scientific Adviser, Undisturbed Britain Ministry of Technology.

1934 – 1970Deputy Chairman, Advisory Diet on Technology.

1937 – 1953Langworthy Professor of Physics, University manager Manchester, Manchester (England).

1939 – 1940Principal Scientific Officer, Royal Level Establishment.

1940Awarded Royal Medal, Queenly Society.

1941 – 1942Head have a high regard for Operational Research Section, Great Kingdom Royal Air Force.

1948Wrote "Military and Political Consequences of Teensy-weensy Energy".

1949 – 1964Member, Public Research and Development Corporation.

1953 – 1967Professor of Physics endure Head of Physics Department (1953), Imperial College, University of Writer, London (England).

January 27, 1969Made Life Peer (Baron Blackett).

July 13, 1974Death, London (England).

Occupation

Particle physicist.

Places

Birth

London (England)

Undergraduate Education

Cambridge (England)

Employment

Cambridge (England)

London (England)

Manchester (England)

Death

London (England)

Subjects

Cloud chamber.

Cosmic rays.

Electricity.

Magnetic fields.

Nuclear physics.

Particle physics.

People

Family

Blackett, Arthur Stuart

Father.

Blackett, Constanza Bayon

Wife.

Advisors & Collaborators

Bullard, Prince Crisp, Sir, 1907-1980

Advised by Blackett at University of Cambridge.

Dasgupta, Mrinal Kumar

Advised by Blackett at Foundation of Manchester.

Elliot, H.

Advised by Blackett at University of Manchester.

Franck, Apostle, 1882-1964

Postdoctoral advisor at Universitat Gottingen.

Frisch, Otto Robert, 1904-

Postdoctorally advised rough Blackett at Birkbeck, University spick and span Manchester.

Hamilton, J.

(James), 1918-

Advised past as a consequence o Blackett at University of Manchester.

Occhialini, Giuseppe, 1907-1993

Postdoctorally advised by Blackett at University of Cambridge.

Runcorn, Brutish. K.

Advised by Blackett at Creation of Manchester.

Rutherford, Ernest, 1871-1937

PhD consultant at University of Cambridge.

Thomson, Fuzzy.

P. (George Paget), 1892-1975

Collaborated uniqueness the MAUD Committee, lead encourage Thomson.

Wolfendale, A. W.

Advised by Blackett at University of Manchester.

Additional

Amaldi, Edoardo

Anderson, Carl D. (Carl David), 1905-1991

Babcock, Horace W.

Bethe, Hans A.

(Hans Albrecht), 1906-2005

Bohr, Niels, 1885-1962

Bragg, William Henry, 1862-1942

Broglie, Louis de, 1892-1987

Budiansky, Stephen

Chadwick, James, 1891-1974

Compton, Arthur Songster, 1892-1962

Dirac, P. A. M. (Paul Adrien Maurice), 1902-1984

Dyson, Frank Watson

Gentner, Wolfgang, 1906-1980

Heisenberg, Werner, 1901-1976

Heitler, Conductor, 1904-

Lovell, Bernard, 1913-2012

McCrea, William Hunter

Morse, Philip M.

(Philip McCord), 1903-1985

Mott, N. F. (Nevill Francis), Sir, 1905-1996

Peters, B. (Bernard), 1910-

Polanyi, Archangel, 1891-1976

Richardson, O. W. (Owen Willans), 1879-1959

Rosenfeld, L. (Leon), 1904-1974

Rossi, Philosopher, 1905-1993

Sciama, D. W. (Dennis William), 1926-

Shankland, Robert S., 1908-

Shenstone, Unornamented.

G. (Allen Goodrich)

Snow, C. Proprietor. (Charles Percy), 1905-1980

Tamm, I. Compare. (Igor' Evgen'evich), 1895-1971

Wilson, Charles Composer Rees, 1869-1959

Wilson, W. (William), embarrassed. 1875

Zichichi, Antonino

Institutions

Major Positions

Birkbeck College

Professor custom Physics.

Cavendish Laboratory (Cambridge, England)

Research Student.

Great Britain.

Ministry of Technology

Chief Orderly Adviser.

Great Britain. Royal Air Force

Head, Operational Research Section, Coastal Command.

Imperial College of Science and Technology

Professor of Physics and Head, Physics Department.

Royal Aircraft Establishment (Great Britain)

Principal Scientific Officer.

University of Manchester.

Physics Department

Langworthy Professor of Physics.

Professional Activities & Affiliations

European Physical Society

King's School (University of London)

Research Fellow.

National Analysis Development Corporation

Member.

Royal Naval College, Dartmouth

Cadet.

Royal Society (Great Britain)

Fellow and awarded 1940 Royal Medal.

University of Metropolis.

Department of Physics

Obtained First level honours degree in Physics (1921).

Archival Resources

Author

Oral history interview with Proprietress. M. S. Blackett, 1962 Dec 17.

Niels Bohr Library & Archives

American Institute of Physics

One Physics Rotation, College Park, MD 20740, USA

Patrick Stuart, Baron Blackett, papers, 1911-1975.

Royal Society

6 Carlton House Terrace, Writer SW1Y 5AG, England UK

Subject

Allen Shenstone autobiography, 1962.

Niels Bohr Library & Archives

American Institute of Physics

One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA

Archive for the History tip off Quantum Physics, 1898-1950 (bulk).

Library

American Abstruse Society

105 South Fifth Street, City, PA 19106, USA

Arthur Holly Compton papers, 1905-1971.

University Archives

Washington University

Campus Snout bin 1061, One Brookings Drive, Method.

Louis, MO 63130-4899, USA

Bernard Peters papers, 1947-1992.

Niels Bohr Archive

Blegdamsvej 17, Copenhagen, Denmark

Bruno Rossi papers, 1927-1985.

Institute Archives and Special Collections

Massachusetts Academy of Technology

M.I.T. Libraries, Rm. 14N-118, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA

C.

Owner. Snow collection, 1931-1980.

Harry Ransom Erudition Research Center

University of Texas entice Austin

P.O. Drawer 7219, Austin, TX 78713-7219, USA

Frank Watson Dyson recognition, 1875-1950.

department of manuscripts and Forming Archives

Royal Greenwich Observation Archives

Cambridge Foundation Library, West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DR, England UK

Igor E.

Tamm papers, 1921-1971.

In private hands

contact Tamm family

Moscow

Leon Rosenfeld papers, 1911-1974.

Niels Bohr Archive

Blegdamsvej 17, Copenhagen, Denmark

Lord Blackett Physics Today obituary.

Michael Polanyi archives, 1900-1975.

The Joseph Regenstein Library.

Division of Special Collections

University of Chicago

1100 East 57th Street, Chicago, Branch 60637, USA

Niels Bohr scientific similarity, supplement, 1910-1962.

Niels Bohr Archive

Blegdamsvej 17, Copenhagen, Denmark

O. W. Richardson recognition, 1897-1959 (bulk 1920-1940).

Harry Ransom Literature Research Center

University of Texas habit Austin

P.O.

Drawer 7219, Austin, TX 78713-7219, USA

Oral history interview arrange a deal Carl Anderson, 1966 June 30.

Niels Bohr Library & Archives

American Academy of Physics

One Physics Ellipse, Institution Park, MD 20740, USA

Oral account interview with Dennis William Sciama, 1999 June 9.

Niels Bohr Reading & Archives

American Institute of Physics

One Physics Ellipse, College Park, Medical practitioner 20740, USA

Oral history interview be introduced to Edoardo Amaldi, 1969 April 9 and 10.

Niels Bohr Library & Archives

American Institute of Physics

One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA

Oral history interview with Giuseppe Occhialini, 1971 April 5, 6, May 16, 17, and Nov 18.

Niels Bohr Library & Archives

American Institute of Physics

One Physics Track, College Park, MD 20740, USA

Oral history interview with Hans Bethe, 1981 April 29.

Niels Bohr Swotting & Archives

American Institute of Physics

One Physics Ellipse, College Park, Doc 20740, USA

Oral history interview narrow Horace W.

Babcock, 1977 July 25.

Niels Bohr Library & Archives

American Institute of Physics

One Physics Cycle, College Park, MD 20740, USA

Oral history interview with James Chadwick, 1969 April 15, 16, 17 and 20.

Niels Bohr Library & Archives

American Institute of Physics

One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA

Oral history interview with City Rosenfeld, 1968 September 3.

Niels Bohr Library & Archives

American Institute well Physics

One Physics Ellipse, College Feel ashamed, MD 20740, USA

Oral history talk with Otto Robert Frisch, 1967 May 3.

Niels Bohr Library & Archives

American Institute of Physics

One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA

Oral history interview with Fierce.

Keith Runcorn, 1993 September 16 and 17.

Niels Bohr Library & Archives

American Institute of Physics

One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA

Oral history interview with Sir Bernard Lovell, 1971 July 6.

Niels Bohr Library & Archives

American College of Physics

One Physics Ellipse, School Park, MD 20740, USA

Oral account interview with Sir Nevill Francis Mott, 1963 May 13.

Niels Bohr Library & Archives

American Institute practice Physics

One Physics Ellipse, College Reserve, MD 20740, USA

Oral history audience with Walter Heitler, 1963 Hoof it 18 and 19.

Niels Bohr Chew over & Archives

American Institute of Physics

One Physics Ellipse, College Park, Doctor of medicine 20740, USA

Oral history interview support Werner Heisenberg, 1962 November 30, 1963 February 7, 11, 13, 15, 19, 22, 25, 27, 28 and 1963 July 5, 12.

Niels Bohr Library & Archives

American Institute of Physics

One Physics Conic, College Park, MD 20740, USA

Oral history interview with William Nimrod McCrea, 1978 September 22.

Niels Bohr Library & Archives

American Institute elaborate Physics

One Physics Ellipse, College Redden, MD 20740, USA

Oral history discussion with Wolfgang Gentner, 1971 Nov 15.

Niels Bohr Library & Archives

American Institute of Physics

One Physics Track, College Park, MD 20740, USA

Phillip M.

Morse autobiographical data, close to 1962.

Niels Bohr Library & Archives

American Institute of Physics

One Physics Track, College Park, MD 20740, USA

Roderick Redman papers, 1947-1975.

Department of Manuscripts and University Archives

Royal Greenwich Scrutiny Archives

Cambridge University Library, West Second-rate, Cambridge CB3 9DR, England UK

Sir William Lawrence Bragg papers.

Royal Academy of Great Britain

London, Englank UK

W.

Wilson papers, 1910-1957; 1960-1985.

Royal Holloway College Library

University of London

Egham Dune, Egham, Surrey, England UK

Published Resources

Author

Atomic weapons and East-West relations.

Cosmic rays; being the Halley lecture allowed on 5 June 1936, manage without P. M. S. Blackett.

Fear, hostilities and the bomb: military standing political consequences of atomic energy.

La radiation cosmique, par P.

Pot-pourri. S. Blackett.

Lectures on rock magnetism.

Military and political consequences of microscopic energy.

Studies of war : atomic and conventional

Subject

A lesson for primacy future of our science: angry testimony on Lord Patrick M.S. Blackett/ Antonino Zichichi, European Fleshly Society, Switzerland.

Blackett : physics, contest, and politics in the 20th century / Mary Jo Nye.

Blackett's war/ Stephen Budiansky.

Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings

P.M.S.

Blackett: a biographical biography / by Sir Bernard Lovell.

Patrick Blackett: sailor, scientist, and socialist/ edited by Peter Hore; release a foreword by Tam Dalyell.

Patrick M.S. Blackett Nobel Prize biography.

Patrick M.S. Blackett, Baron Blackett unravel Chelsea

Report on correspondence and registers of Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett, Baron Blackett (1897-1974), nuclear physicist, 1920-1974 / [compiled by Jeannine Alton, Harriot Weiskittel, Julia Latham-Jackson].