Person Wilson; Charles Thomson Rees (1869 - 1959); physicist Wilson Charles Thomson Rees physicist 1869 - 1959 British Male Glencorse, Midlothian, Scotland 14 February 1869 Carlops, Peeblesshire 15/11/1959 19591115 Burial: Carlops, Peeblesshire, Scotland

Nuclear physics Education: Greenheyes Collegiate School Manchester; BSc (Owens College, Manchester); gained an entrance scholarship to Sidney Sussex College Cambridge,(1888) and graduated 1892. MA (Cantab); BSc (Vict) Career: Appointed James Clerk Maxwell Scholar at the Cavendish Laboratory (1895) and published his first work on the cloud chamber; develops his work on behaviours of ions as condensation nuclei (1893-1898); appointed by Meteorological Research Council to conduct research on atmospheric electricity (from 1899); Fellow, Sidney Sussex College (1900); appointed Reader in Electrical Meteorology (1918); published his two landmark illustrated papers on the tracks of electrons (1923); Jacksonian Professor of Natural Philosophy, Cambridge (1925-1934) Awarded Honorary LL.D. from University of Aberdeen (1924) Medals and prizes: Nobel Prize (Physics) 1927 Honours: CH 1937 Married (1908) Jessie Fraser Dick; one son, two daughters Royal Society roles: VP 1928-1929 Medals and prizes: Hughes Medal 1911; Royal Medal 1922; Copley Medal 1935 Fellow 14/06/1900 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DSB Obituaries: Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1960 vol 6 pp 269-295, plate, by P M S Blackett References: P I Dee and T W Wormell, 'An Index to C T R Wilson's Laboratory Records and Notebooks in the Library of the Royal Society' in NR 1963 vol 18 pp 54-66 C T R Wilson, 'Reminiscences of My Early Years' in NR 1959 vol 14 pp 163-173, plate Wilfried Schroder and Karl-Heinrich Wiederkehr, 'Johann Kiessling, the Krakatoa event and the development of atmospheric optics after 1883' in NR 2000 vol 54 pp249-258 ©Godfrey Argent Studio 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-20567 14 Feb 1869 - 15 Nov 1959 NA7953 21/11/2001 Andyg Martind 04/11/2024 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/45812924 7e1baff2-e58a-4678-898f-8a34cf2f0535