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1935: (1929-39)
John Douglas Cockcroft, MA PhD
Eunice (Crabtree)
Cockcroft was a British physicist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1951 for splitting the atomic nucleus. In WWI he served on the Western Front with the Royal Field Artillery. He studied at St John’s College Cambridge and then became a research student at the Cavendish Laboratory. During WWII he became Assistant Director of Scientific Research in the Ministry of Supply, working on radar. (For more information follow the link above)
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1939:
Raphael Vangrevelinghe , b 1906, teacher maths and french
Ernestina, b 1906, teacher French Russian Romanian German,
Louise Beguin, b 1896, teacher mathematics
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Frank B Oakshott, b 1864, solicitor retired
Remi E R Laurent, b 1908, french civil servant teacher of science
Renee E J Laurent, b 1900, teacher French civil servant
Dorothy Richardson, b 1915, cook
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1945:
Alexander R Todd
Alexander Robertus Todd, biochemist
Alison (Dale)
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1948-50:
Harry Kidd, bursar St John’s College
Marie (Williams)
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1955-57:
Ruth (Horder)
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1960-64:
John Cockcroft
Eunice (Crabtree)
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1966-70:
Sir Nevill Mott
Ruth (Horder)
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