Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03

Bertram Brockhouse Biography and Timeline

Follow Bertram Brockhouse through 5 dated historical records for Canada.

Bertram Brockhouse, historical timeline

A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.

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1952–1994Years on this page

1952

Primitive Triple-Axis Spectrometer

Physicist · Chalk River · Science / Physics

Sets up an early triple-axis neutron spectrometer at the NRX reactor.

1955

Triple-Axis Neutron Results

Physicist · Chalk River · Science / Physics

Presents early triple-axis neutron spectroscopy results after NRX returns to operation.

1956

True Triple-Axis Spectrometer

Physicist · Chalk River · Science / Physics

Completes the first true triple-axis crystal spectrometer for neutron scattering.

1958

Constant-Q Neutron Spectroscopy

Physicist · Chalk River · Science / Physics

Develops the constant-Q method for measuring excitations with neutron spectroscopy.

1994

Nobel Prize for Neutron Spectroscopy

Physicist · Stockholm · Science / Physics

Shares the Nobel Prize in Physics for developing neutron spectroscopy.

Records, sources and methodology

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