C. T. R. Wilson

Charles Wilson
CH FRS FRSE
Charles Wilson CH FRS FRSE
	Wilson in 1927
Born	Charles Thomson Rees Wilson; 14 February 1869; Glencorse, Scotland, UKGBI
Died	15 November 1959 (aged 90); Carlops, Scotland, UK
Alma mater	Owens College (BSc); Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge;
Known for	Invention of the cloud chamber
Spouse	Jessie Fraser (m. 1908)
Children	4
Awards	Hughes Medal (1911); Royal Medal (1922); Howard N. Potts Medal (1925); Nobel Prize in Physics (1927); Franklin Medal (1929); Duddell Medal and Prize (1931); Copley Medal (1935);
	Scientific career
Fields	Meteorology; physics;
Institutions	University of Cambridge
Academic advisors	J. J. Thomson
Notable students	D. M. Bose; Philip Dee; P. C. Mahalanobis; Cecil Powell;

Charles Thomson Rees Wilson (14 February 1869 – 15 November 1959) was a British meteorologist and physicist who shared the 1927 Nobel Prize in Physics with Arthur Compton for his invention of the cloud chamber.