C. F. Powell
Cecil Powell | |
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Powell in 1950 | |
| Born | Cecil Frank Powell 5 December 1903 |
| Died | 9 August 1969 (aged 65) |
| Education | The Judd School |
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| Known for | Discovery of the pion |
| Spouse |
Isobel Artner (m. 1932) |
| Children | 2 |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Particle physics |
| Institutions | University of Bristol (1927–1969) |
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Cecil Frank Powell (5 December 1903 – 9 August 1969) was a British experimental 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).