Sir John Cockcroft's Blue Plaque

Sir John Cockcroft's Blue Plaque is shown and named in a reusable Geograph picture. The saved point is the picture's recorded map point.

Sir John Cockcroft was a British physicist and Nobel laureate known for his pioneering work in nuclear physics, particularly for developing the Cockcroft-Walton generator, which provided experimental proof of artificial nuclear disintegration, crucial for the development of nuclear energy and weapons.