Nevill Mott

Sir
Nevill Mott
CH FRS
Sir Nevill Mott CH FRS
37th Master of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
	In office; 1959–1966
Preceded by	Sir James Chadwick
Succeeded by	Joseph Needham
Personal details
Born	Nevill Francis Mott; 30 September 1905; Leeds, England
Died	8 August 1996 (aged 90); Milton Keynes, England
Education	Clifton College
Alma mater	St John's College, Cambridge
Known for	Mott problem; Mott insulator; Mott scattering; Mott polynomials; Mott formula; Mott variable-range hopping; Mott–Bethe formula; Mott–Gurney law; Mott–Schottky equation; Mott–Schottky plot; Schottky–Mott rule; Wannier–Mott exciton; Band bending; Pseudogap;
Awards	Hughes Medal (1941); Royal Medal (1953); Copley Medal (1972); Faraday Medal (1973); Nobel Prize in Physics (1977);
Scientific career
Fields	Condensed matter physics
Institutions	Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge (1930–1933); University of Bristol (1933–1954); University of Cambridge (1954–1971);
Academic advisors	Ralph Fowler
Doctoral students	Klaus Fuchs (1936); John D. Eshelby (1950); Jacques Friedel (1952); Volker Heine (1956);

Sir Nevill Francis Mott (30 September 1905 – 8 August 1996) was a British theoretical physicist who won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1977 for his work on the electronic structure of magnetic and disordered systems, especially amorphous semiconductors. The Prize was shared with Philip W. Anderson and John Van Vleck. The three had conducted loosely related research. Mott and Anderson clarified the reasons why magnetic or amorphous materials can sometimes be metallic and sometimes insulating.