Person Kapitza; Piotr Leonidovich (1894 - 1984) Kapitza Piotr Leonidovich Peter 1894 - 1984 Russian Male 26 June 1894 1894 08/04/1984 19840408

Physicist Education: PhD Career: Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge; Assistant Director of Magnetic Research at the Cavendish Laboratory Medals and prizes: Nobel Prize (Physics) 1978 Lectures: Rutherford 1969; Bernal 1977 Fellow 02/05/1929 Sources: Bulloch's Roll Authority: Altname from Record Obituaries: Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1985 vol 31 pp 325-374, plate, by D Shoenberg References: J W Boag and D Shoenberg (trans and eds), 'Letters from Kapitza to his Mother, 1921-27' in NR 1988 vol 42 pp 205-228, plate Sir Nevill Mott, 'Rutherford and Theory' in NR 1972-3 vol 27 pp 65-66 Notes: Bernal Lecture delivered 7 October 1976 ©The Royal Society International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 https://pictures.royalsociety.org/image-rs-13610 26 Jun 1894 - 8 Apr 1984 NA4517 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/109027873 2a906d0a-fdad-4630-9086-f4a81688c3fb