AKA John Douglas Cockcroft

Born: 27-May-1897
Birthplace: Todmorden, Yorkshire, England
Died: 18-Sep-1967
Location of death: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
Cause of death: unspecified

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Physicist

Nationality: England
Executive summary: Split the atom

Military service: Royal Field Artillery (WWI)

Wife: Eunice Elizabeth Crabtree (m. 1925, four daughters, one son)

    High School: Todmorden Seconday School
    University: University of Manchester (studied 1914-15)
    University: St. John's College, Cambridge University (1924)
    Professor: Natural Philosophy, University of Cambridge (1939-46)
    Professor: Churchill College, Cambridge University
    Administrator: Chancellor, Australian National University (1961-65)

    Nobel Prize for Physics 1951 (with Ernest T. S. Walton)
    Hughes Medal 1938 (with Ernest T. S. Walton)
    Royal Medal 1954
    Knighthood 1948

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