Charles Thomson Rees Wilson Biography

Historical biography and chronological timeline for Charles Thomson Rees Wilson, based on 3 World History Database records associated with Great Britain.

3 records1911–19122 events1 places

Chronological biography

1911

Cloud Chamber Particle Tracks1911

Science / Technology · Physicist · Cambridge

Develops the expansion cloud chamber, allowing tracks of fast charged particles including electrons to be photographed.

1912

Cloud Chamber Particle Tracks1912

Science / Physics · Physicist · Cambridge

Photographs tracks made by charged particles in a cloud chamber.

Ionizing Radiation Photography1912

Science / Physics · Physicist · Cambridge

Makes invisible ionizing radiation paths directly observable.

Titles and roles

Physicist

Record provenance

This biography is assembled from World History Database records filtered by country and personal-name fields. Exact duplicate display records are removed. The database is an index rather than a complete narrative biography; formal research should verify entries against relevant primary or specialist sources.