Lord Patrick Blackett CH OM PRS
(1897-1974)
physicist, scientific advisor, Dalton Medal recipient, Nobel Physics Laureate (from 1948), 52nd President of the Royal Society (1965-1970), Companion of Honour (from 1965), Order of Merit recipient (from 1967), and 1st Baron Blackett (from 1969)
Died aged 76
Wikidata WikipediaPatrick Maynard Stuart Blackett, Baron Blackett OM CH FRS (18 November 1897 – 13 July 1974) was a British experimental physicist known for his work on cloud chambers, cosmic rays, and paleomagnetism, winning the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1948. In 1925 he became the first person to prove that radioactivity could cause the nuclear transmutation of one chemical element to another. He also made a major contribution in World War II advising on military strategy and developing operational research. His left-wing views saw an outlet in third world development and in influencing policy in the Labour Government of the 1960s.
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Patrick Blackett 1897-1974 physicist and scientific advisor lived here 1953-1969
48 Paultons Square, Chelsea, London, United Kingdom where they lived (1953-1968)