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Bertram Brockhouse

1918 - 2003

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Bertram Neville Brockhouse, (July 15, 1918 – October 13, 2003) was a Canadian physicist. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics (1994, shared with Clifford Shull) "for pioneering contributions to the development of neutron scattering techniques for studies of condensed matter", in particular "for the development of neutron spectroscopy". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bertram Brockhouse is the 198th most popular physicist (up from 242nd in 2019), the 28th most popular biography from Canada (up from 38th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Canadian Physicist.

Bertram Brockhouse is most famous for his work in the field of nuclear magnetic resonance. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1993 for his work with electron spin resonance.

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Among physicists, Bertram Brockhouse ranks 198 out of 851. Before him are Auguste Piccard, Val Logsdon Fitch, George Francis FitzGerald, Igor Tamm, Hugh David Politzer, and Horst Ludwig Störmer. After him are Max Delbrück, David Brewster, Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov, Kip Thorne, Hugh Everett III, and Klaus von Klitzing.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Bertram Brockhouse ranks 27. Before him are Takashi Kasahara, Jens Christian Skou, Jørn Utzon, Ken Miles, Martin Ryle, and William Holden. After him are Jerome Karle, Billy Graham, Paul D. Boyer, Gunnar Sønsteby, Derek Barton, and Frederick Reines. Among people deceased in 2003, Bertram Brockhouse ranks 21. Before him are Nǃxau ǂToma, Zoran Đinđić, Edward Said, Elia Kazan, Donald Davidson, and Frederick Chapman Robbins. After him are Leopoldo Galtieri, Gianni Agnelli, Frank Sheeran, Walt Whitman Rostow, Robert Palmer, and Robert Kardashian.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Bertram Brockhouse ranks 28 out of 1,622. Before him are Saul Bellow (1915), Marshall McLuhan (1911), Richard E. Taylor (1929), David Cronenberg (1943), Alice Munro (1931), and Pierre Trudeau (1919). After him are Ralph M. Steinman (1943), Eric Berne (1910), David Johnston (1941), Frederick Banting (1891), Bryan Adams (1959), and Neil Young (1945).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Canada

Among physicists born in Canada, Bertram Brockhouse ranks 2. Before him are Richard E. Taylor (1929). After him are Willard Boyle (1924), Jim Peebles (1935), Louis Slotin (1910), Donna Strickland (1959), Arthur Jeffrey Dempster (1886), Harriet Brooks (1876), Paul Corkum (1943), and Sylvia Fedoruk (1927).

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