Charles Thomson Rees Wilson (1869 - 1959)

Biography

Charles Wilson is Notable.

Charles Wilson was awarded the Nobel Prize.

Charles was born in 1869 and passed away in 1959.^[1]

Charles Thomson Rees Wilson was a Scottish physicist and meteorologist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics for his invention of the cloud chamber. Additional detail and some of his family members are in his official Nobel biography.^[2]

Son of John Wilson (d. 1873) and Annie Clarke Harper.

He married Jesse Fraser Dick in 1908. They had two sons and two daughters.

• Scientist List

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/219882549/charles-thomson_rees-wilson
2. ↑ C.T.R. Wilson – Biographical. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2019. Mon. 4 Feb 2019. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1927/wilson/biographical/>

• "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7CN-DZ4 : 10 February 2018), Charles Thomson Rees Wilson, 14 Feb 1869; citing GLENCORSE,MIDLOTHIAN,SCOTLAND, reference , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 6,035,516.
• "Scotland Census, 1871," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VB5C-SMP : 8 December 2017), Charles T R Wilson, Glencross, Midlothian, Scotland; from "1871 England, Scotland & Wales census," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing p. 13, PRO T 1, The National Archives UK, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 104,058.
• "Scotland Census, 1891," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KS6R-R7S : 11 December 2017), Charles T R Wilson, Penicuik, Midlothian, Scotland; from "1891 England, Scotland & Wales census," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing p. 1, GRO6/275, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 220,417.
• Scotland. 1901 Scotland Census. Reels 1-446. Parish: Peebles; ED: 4; Page: 11; Line: 5; Roll: CSSCT1901_417
• "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7KM-RXV : 22 July 2019), Charles Thomas Rees Wilson in household of Fred Tyers, Aspley Heath, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
• The National Archives of the UK (TNA); Kew, Surrey, England; 1921 Census Returns; Reference: RG 15/8102, ED 5, Sch 154; Book: 08102

See also

• Wikipedia: Charles Thomson Rees Wilson
• Wikidata: Item Q162900, en:Wikipedia
• A Cambridge Alumni Database: https://venn.lib.cam.ac.uk/ WL888CT