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Patrick Blackett

1897 - 1974

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Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett, Baron Blackett, (18 November 1897 – 13 July 1974), was a British experimental physicist known for his work on cloud chambers, cosmic rays, and paleomagnetism, awarded the Nobel Prize in 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Patrick Blackett has received more than 661,133 page views. His biography is available in 67 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 66 in 2019). Patrick Blackett is the 269th most popular physicist (down from 246th in 2019), the 895th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 796th in 2019) and the 36th most popular British Physicist.

Patrick Blackett was a British physicist who is most famous for his work in the field of quantum mechanics. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1948.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Patrick Blackett ranks 269 out of 717Before him are John Hasbrouck Van Vleck, Philip Warren Anderson, Hugh David Politzer, Jack Steinberger, Henry Way Kendall, and Joseph Swan. After him are Douglas Osheroff, Andre Geim, Brian Josephson, John Tyndall, Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier, and Masatoshi Koshiba.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Patrick Blackett ranks 53Before him are Emil Maurice, Herbert Gille, Dmitry Pavlov, Georg Wittig, Jiroemon Kimura, and John Cockcroft. After him are Virginia Henderson, Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco, Ye Jianying, Ronald George Wreyford Norrish, Hans Baur, and Zakir Husain. Among people deceased in 1974, Patrick Blackett ranks 35Before him are David Alfaro Siqueiros, Zalman Shazar, Nikolai Kuznetsov, Hilda Gadea, Marcel Pagnol, and Cass Elliot. After him are Anatole Litvak, Franz Jonas, Frank Martin, Walter Brennan, Agnes Moorehead, and Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Patrick Blackett ranks 895 out of 7,765Before him are Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales (1594), Michael Atiyah (1929), Andy Serkis (1964), Martin Evans (1941), Mairead Maguire (1944), and Peter D. Mitchell (1920). After him are Mark Strong (1963), John Mayall (1933), Henry Tingle Wilde (1872), Keith Moon (1946), Noah Jupe (2005), and Kristin Scott Thomas (1960).

Among PHYSICISTS In United Kingdom

Among physicists born in United Kingdom, Patrick Blackett ranks 36Before him are David J. Thouless (1934), Daniel Rutherford (1749), Osborne Reynolds (1842), Anthony James Leggett (1938), John Cockcroft (1897), and Joseph Swan (1828). After him are Brian Josephson (1940), Freeman Dyson (1923), Peter Mansfield (1933), William Whewell (1794), Stephen Hales (1677), and John Stewart Bell (1928).