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Archival as AuthorArchival as SubjectPublished as AuthorPublished as SubjectCecil Frank Powell
Dates
December 5, 1903 – August 9, 1969
Authorized Form of Name
Powell, Cecil Frank
Additional Forms of Names
Powell, C. F.
Powell, C. F. (Cecil Frank)
Powell, Cecil Frank, 1903-1969
Biography
Abstract
Cecil Frank Powell won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1950 "for his development of the photographic method of studying nuclear processes and his discoveries regarding mesons made with this method."
Important Dates
December 5, 1903Birth, Tonbridge (England).
1925Obtained BSc degree in Natural Sciences, Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge (England).
1925 – 1927Postgraduate Student Assistant, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge (England).
1927Obtained PhD in Physics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge (England).
1927 – 1969Research assistant, H.H Wills Physical Laboratory (1927); Lecturer; Reader; H. H. Wills Professor of Physics (1948), and Director, H. H. Wills Physical Laboratory (1964), University of Bristol, Bristol (England).
1947Co-authored "Nuclear Physics in Photographs".
1947Honorary Fellow, Physical Society.
1949Awarded Hughes Medal, Royal Society.
1949Fellow, Royal Society.
1950Awarded Novel Prize in Physics "for his development of the photographic method of studying nuclear processes and his discoveries regarding mesons made with this method".
1961Served on Scientific Policy Committee, European Organization for Nuclear Research.
1961Awarded the Royal Medal, Royal Society.
August 9, 1969Death, Bellano (Italy).
Occupation
Particle physicist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Death
Subjects
Relationships
People
Family
Artner, Isobel Therese
Wife, married 1932.
Powell, Frank
Father.
Advisors & Collaborators
Camerini, Ugo
Advised by Powell at University of Bristol.
Fowler, Peter Howard, 1923-1996
Advised by Powell at University of Bristol.
Friedlander, Michael W.
Advised by Powell at University of Bristol.
King, David T.
Advised by Powell at University of Bristol.
Menon, M. G. K. (Mambillikalathil Govind Kumar), 1928-
Advised by Powell at University of Bristol.
Occhialini, Giuseppe, 1907-1993
Collaborated on book, Nuclear Physics in Photographs.
Perkins, Donald H.
Collaborated on book, The Study of Elementary Particles by the Photographic Methods.
Pinkau, K.
Advised by Powell at University of Bristol.
Advisor at Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge.
Wilson, Charles Thomson Rees, 1869-1959
Advisor at Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge.
Additional
Burhop, E. H. S. (Eric Henry Stoneley)
Lock, W. O.
Peierls, Rudolf E. (Rudolf Ernst), 1907-1995
Perlmutter, Arnold, 1928-
Pniewski, Jerzy
Shapiro, Maurice M. (Maurice Mandel), 1915-
Weisskopf, Victor Frederick, 1908-2002
Institutions
Major Positions
University of Bristol. Department of Physics
Research Assistant, H. H. Wills Physical Laboratory; Lecturer; Reader; H. H. Wills Professor of Physics; and Director, H. H. Wills Physical Laboratory.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Cavendish Laboratory (Cambridge, England)
Postgraduate Student Assistant.
European Organization for Nuclear Research
Scientific Policy Committee Member.
Physical Society (Great Britain)
Honorary Fellow.
Royal Society (Great Britain)
Fellow, awarded Hughes Medal (1949), and Royal Medal (1961).
Sidney Sussex College (University of Cambridge)
Received BSc degree in Natural Sciences (1925).
University of Cambridge. Department of Physics
Received PhD in Physics (1927).
Resources
Archival Resources
Author
Cecil Frank Powell papers and correspondence, 1919-2002.
Arts and Social Sciences Library. Special Collections
University of Bristol
Tyndall Avenue, Bristol, BS8 ITJ, England, UK
Subject
Bernard Peters papers, 1947-1992.
Niels Bohr Archive
Niels Bohr Archive
Blegdamsvej 17, Copenhagen, Denmark
Jerzy M. Pniewski scientific correspondence and notes, 1951-1989.
Archiwum
Polska Akademia Nauk
Nowy Świat 72, 00-330 Warsaw, Poland
Oral history interview with Arnold Perlmutter, 1999 April 9.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Giuseppe Occhialini, 1971 April 5, 6, May 16, 17, and November 18.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Maurice Mandel Shapiro, 1978 May 30.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Rudolf Ernst Peierls, 1969 August 11, 12 and 13.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Peter Fowler papers and correspondence, 1940-2002.
Arts and Social Sciences Library. Special Collections
University of Bristol
Tyndall Avenue, Bristol, BS8 ITJ, England, UK