Person Blackett; Patrick Maynard Stuart (1897 - 1974); Baron Blackett of Chelsea; nuclear physicist Blackett Patrick Maynard Stuart nuclear physicist 1897 - 1974 Male 18 November 1897 13/07/1974 19740713

Education: MA Career: Fellow of King's College, Cambridge; University Lecturer in Physics Medals and prizes: Nobel Prize (Physics) 1948 Honours: CH 1965; OM 1967; Baron 1969 Royal Society roles: VP 1945-1946; PRS 1965-1970 Medals and prizes: Royal Medal 1940; Copley Medal 1956 Lectures: Bakerian 1939; Rutherford 1958 Fellow 11/05/1933 Sources: Bulloch's Roll AssocMaterial: CSAC 63/1/79. Papers deposited in the Royal Society Library Obituaries: Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1975 vol 21 pp 1-115, plate, by Sir Bernard Lovell References: Clifford Butler, 'Recollections of Patrick Blackett 1945-70' in NR 1999 vol 53 pp 143-156 Robert S Anderson, 'Patrick Blackett in India: Military Consultant and Scientific Intervenor, 1947-72. Part One' in NR 1999 vol 53 pp 253-273, plate Robert S Anderson, 'Patrick Blackett in India: Military Consultant and Scientific Intervenor, 1947-72. Part Two' in NR 1999 vol 53 pp 345-360, plate Sir Bernard Lovell, 'The Blackett-Eckersley-Lovell Correspondence of World War II and the Origin of Jodrell Bank' in NR 1993 vol 47 pp 119-131 Various authors, 'Memorial Meeting for Lord Blackett, OM, CH, FRS at the Royal Society on 31 October 1974' in NR 1974-5 vol 29 pp 135-162, plate Lord Blackett, 'Rutherford' in NR 1972-3 vol 27 pp 57-59 Sir Harrie Massey, 'Nuclear Physics Today and in Rutherford's Day' in NR 1972-3 vol 27 pp 25-44 AW Wolfendale, 'History of British Contributions to the Astrophysical Aspects of Cosmic Rays and Gamma Rays since the Second World War' Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1988) vol. 29, pp 27-37 (offprint at X448/6) G V R Born, FRS, 'The wide-ranging family history of Max Born' in NR 2002 vol 56 pp 219-262 J Hughes, 'A life on the Scientific left', Review of 'Blackett: physics, war and politics in the twentieth century' by M J Nye in NR 2006 Vol 60 pp 99-101 Guy Ortolano, 'The Two Cultures controversy' 2009, Cambridge University Press ©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 'The Gap Widens', Rede Lecture 1969; 'Science and Technology in an Unequal World', Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Lecture, 1968 https://pictures.royalsociety.org/image-rs-19818 18 Nov 1897 - 13 Jul 1974 NA8131 21/11/2001 Andyg pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes f3154422-e8e5-434e-8067-4c6d8c559c0d