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Sir John Douglas Cockcroft

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Noun

1. cockcroft, sir john cockcroft, sir john douglas cockcroft

British physicist who (with Ernest Walton in 1931) first split an atom (1897-1967)

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Sir John Douglas Cockcroft

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British physicist who with Ernest Walton succeeded in splitting atomic nuclei by bombarding them with protons. The two men shared a 1951 Nobel Prize for this work.

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