John Cockcroft
British physicist
Sir John Douglas Cockcroft OM KCB CBE FRS was a British physicist who shared with Ernest Walton the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1951 for splitting the atomic nucleus, and was instrumental in the development of nuclear power. Wikipedia
Born: May 27, 1897, Todmorden, United Kingdom
Died: September 18, 1967 (age 70 years), Cambridge, United Kingdom
Awards: Hughes Medal, Nobel Prize in Physics, Royal Medal, and more
Education: St John's College (1922–1924), University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (1919–1920), and Victoria University of Manchester (1914–1915)
Spouse: Elizabeth Crabtree (m. 1925)
Academic advisor: Ernest Rutherford
Known for: Splitting the atom