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Also Known As Charles Thomson Rees Wilson
Born February 14, 1869 • Scotland
Died November 15, 1959 (aged 90) • Scotland • (Anniversary in 2 days)
Awards And Honors Copley Medal (1935) • Nobel Prize (1927)
Inventions Wilson cloud chamber
Subjects Of Study cloud • lightning • radiation • thunderstorm

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