Quo Fuit places 6 dated presences for C. F. Powell across 6 places, from 1903 to 1969.
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Cecil Frank Powell (5 December 1903 – 9 August 1969) was a British experimental physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1950 for heading the team that developed the photographic method of studying nuclear processes, and for the resulting discovery of the pion (pi-meson).Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where C. F. Powell was documented, and when
5 December 1903exact date
Tonbridgeattested“Cecil Frank Powell was born on 5 December 1903 in Tonbridge, England, the son of Frank Powell, a gunsmith, and Elizabeth Caroline Bisacre.”source: Wikipedia: C. F. Powell
1936year
Royal Societyattested“In 1936, he took part in a Royal Society expedition to Montserrat in the West Indies as part of a study of a damaging earthquake swarm.”source: Wikipedia: C. F. Powell
1936year
Montserratattested“In 1936, he took part in a Royal Society expedition to Montserrat in the West Indies as part of a study of a damaging earthquake swarm.”source: Wikipedia: C. F. Powell
1936year
West Indiesattested“In 1936, he took part in a Royal Society expedition to Montserrat in the West Indies as part of a study of a damaging earthquake swarm.”source: Wikipedia: C. F. Powell
9 August 1969exact date
Valsassinaattested“On 9 August 1969, Powell died of a heart attack while on holiday with his wife in the Valsassina region of Italy, lodging in a house in Sanico, in the Province of Lecco.”source: Wikipedia: C. F. Powell
9 August 1969exact date
Province of Leccoattested“On 9 August 1969, Powell died of a heart attack while on holiday with his wife in the Valsassina region of Italy, lodging in a house in Sanico, in the Province of Lecco.”source: Wikipedia: C. F. Powell
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1925year
Sidney Sussex College, Cambridgementioned“He entered Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, graduating in 1925 with First Class Honours in the Natural Sciences Tripos.”source: Wikipedia: C. F. Powell
1952year
Sardiniamentioned“From 1952, Powell was appointed director of several expeditions to Sardinia and the Po Valley, Italy, utilizing high-altitude balloon flights.”source: Wikipedia: C. F. Powell
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