Biography of Famous Physicists John Cockcroft

John Douglas Cockcroft: Pioneer in Nuclear Physics and Nobel Laureate Early Life and Education:John Douglas Cockcroft, known as Sir John Cockcroft, was born on May 27, 1897, in Todmorden, West Yorkshire, England. Raised in a middle-class family, he exhibited an early interest in science. His father, John Arthur Cockcroft, was a cotton manufacturer, and his mother, Annie Maude Fielden Cockcroft, […]