Ernest Walton, Nobel Prize Winner
Mr. Ernest Walton, Nobel prize winner unveiling a plaque at the dedication of Walton Park, Abbeyside in his honour. Ernest Thomas Sinton Walton was born in Dungarvan on October 6 1903. In 1951 he became the only Irish scientist thus far to be awarded a Nobel Prize for Physics when he received it jointly with John Cockcroft for their work in 1932 on splitting the atomic nucleus. This was one of the great achievements in the history of physics and amongst other reasons for its importance verified Einstein's equation E=mc2. Prof. Walton returned from Cambridge to Trinity College Dublin his alma mater in 1934. In 1946 he was appointed Erasmus Smith's Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy a title created in 1724. He died in 1995.
No:
UK2663
Photographer:
John Tynan
Date:
30th November 1989
Donor:
Name Kept Private
