Ernest Walton
Ernest Thomas Sinton Walton (6 October 1903 – 25 Juin 1995) wis an Erse pheesicist an Nobel laureate for his wirk wi John Cockcroft wi "atom-smashin" experiments duin at Cambridge Varsity in the early 1930s, an sae acame the first person in history tae airtifeecially split the atom.
 Ernest Walton | |
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 Ernest Walton | |
| Born | 6 October 1903 Abbeyside, Dungarvan, Ireland |
| Dee'd | 25 Juin 1995 (aged 91) Belfast, Northren Ireland |
| Naitionality | Erse |
| Kent for | The first disintegration o an atomic nucleus bi airtifeecially acceleratit protons ("splittin the atom") |
| Awairds | Hughes Medal (1938) Nobel Prize in Pheesics (1951) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Pheesics |
| Institutions | Trinity College Dublin Varsity o Cambridge Methodist College Belfast Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies |
| Doctoral advisor | Ernest Rutherford |