AKA Nevill Francis Mott

Born: 30-Sep-1905
Birthplace: Leeds, Yorkshire, England
Died: 8-Aug-1996
Location of death: Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England
Cause of death: unspecified

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

Nationality: England
Executive summary: Properties of semiconductors

Father: Charles Francis Mott
Mother: Lilian Mary Reynolds
Wife: Ruth Eleanor Horder (m. 1930, two daughters)

    University: Clifton College, Bristol
    University: BA, St. John's College, University of Cambridge (1927)
    University: MA, St. John's College, University of Cambridge (1930)
    Professor: Theoretical Physics, University of Bristol (1933-)
    Professor: Experimental Physics, University of Cambridge (1954-71)

    Nobel Prize for Physics 1977 (with Philip W. Anderson and John H. van Vleck)
    Hughes Medal 1941
    Royal Medal 1953
    Copley Medal 1972
    Knighthood 1962

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