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C. F. Powell

1903 - 1969

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Cecil Frank Powell (5 December 1903 – 9 August 1969) was an English particle physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1950 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. C. F. Powell is the 91st most popular physicist (down from 79th in 2019), the 246th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 218th in 2019) and the 21st most popular British Physicist.

Powell was a member of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1972 to 1987. He is most famous for his concurring opinion in the landmark case, Brown v. Board of Education.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, C. F. Powell ranks 91 out of 851. Before him are Allan MacLeod Cormack, Johannes Stark, Gustav Ludwig Hertz, Rudolf Clausius, Robert Andrews Millikan, and Georg Bednorz. After him are Otto von Guericke, Carl David Anderson, Barry Barish, Ben Roy Mottelson, J. Hans D. Jensen, and Percy Williams Bridgman.

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Among people born in 1903, C. F. Powell ranks 10. Before him are Konrad Lorenz, Aram Khachaturian, Georges Simenon, Theodor W. Adorno, George Beadle, and Ernst Kaltenbrunner. After him are Adolf Butenandt, Habib Bourguiba, Fernandel, Mark Rothko, Jan Tinbergen, and Andrey Kolmogorov. Among people deceased in 1969, C. F. Powell ranks 14. Before him are Otto Stern, Judy Garland, Walter Gropius, Franz von Papen, Zakir Husain, and Sharon Tate. After him are Kliment Voroshilov, Allen Dulles, Saud of Saudi Arabia, Liu Shaoqi, Jan Palach, and Rocky Marciano.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, C. F. Powell ranks 246 out of 8,785. Before him are J. K. Rowling (1965), James Mason (1909), Bobby Charlton (1937), Boudica (33), Mary Wollstonecraft (1759), and Cyril Norman Hinshelwood (1897). After him are Charlotte Rampling (1946), Henry III of England (1207), Arthur Harden (1865), Horace Walpole (1717), John A. Macdonald (1815), and Archer Martin (1910).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United Kingdom

Among physicists born in United Kingdom, C. F. Powell ranks 21. Before him are David J. Thouless (1934), Brian Josephson (1940), Patrick Blackett (1897), Charles Glover Barkla (1877), Paul Dirac (1902), and James Chadwick (1891). After him are William Henry Bragg (1862), Thomas Young (1773), Peter Higgs (1929), Roger Penrose (1931), Henry Moseley (1887), and John Kendrew (1917).

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