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a British physicist, and Nobel Prize in Physics laureate for heading the team that developed the photographic method of studying nuclear processes and for the resulting discovery of the pion
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Born
Cecil Frank Powell 5 December 1903 Tonbridge, Kent, England, United Kingdom
Died
9 August 1969 (aged 65) Rifugio Capanna Vittoria, Alpe Giumello, Casargo, Province of Lecco, Italy
Nationality
English
Known for
Photographic method Discovery of the pion
Fields
Physics
Alma mater
University of Cambridge
Awards
Nobel Prize in Physics (1950) Hughes Medal (1949) Fellow of the Royal Society (1949) Royal Medal (1961) Lomonosov Gold Medal (1967)
Institutions
University of Cambridge University of Bristol
adultbasic
Britain
Citizenship
British
Doctoral advisor
C. T. R. Wilson Ernest Rutherford
Doctoral students
MGK Menon Peter Fowler
era
1800+