C. F. Powell

C. F. Powell
C. F. Powell
	Powell in 1950
Born	Cecil Frank Powell; 5 December 1903; Tonbridge, Kent, England,; United Kingdom
Died	9 August 1969 (aged 65); Rifugio Capanna Vittoria, Alpe Giumello, Casargo, Province of Lecco, Italy
Nationality	English
Citizenship	British
Alma mater	University of Cambridge
Known for	Photographic method; Discovery of the pion
Spouse	Isobel Artner
Awards	Nobel Prize in Physics (1950); Hughes Medal (1949); Fellow of the Royal Society (1949); Royal Medal (1961); Lomonosov Gold Medal (1967)
	Scientific career
Fields	Physics
Institutions	University of Cambridge; University of Bristol
Doctoral advisor	C. T. R. Wilson ; Ernest Rutherford
Doctoral students	MGK Menon ; Peter Fowler

Cecil Frank Powell, FRS (5 December 1903 – 9 August 1969) was a British physicist, and Nobel Prize in Physics laureate for heading the team that developed the photographic method of studying nuclear processes and for the resulting discovery of the pion (pi-meson), a subatomic particle.

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