Charles Francis Mott
English physicist and educator, Director of Education of Liverpool
About Charles Francis Mott
Lived 1877 – 1967 (aged 89–90). Charles Francis Mott was a British physicist.
Charles Francis Mott (1877–1967) the son of Charles Henry Blackshaw Mott was an English physicist and educator, and the father of Nobel laureate Nevill Francis Mott.
In 1901 while at the Cavendish Laboratory he attempted to investigate the field effect following a suggestion from J. J. Thomson. He married Lilian Mary Reynolds, also a researcher at the Cavendish lab.
By 1905 he was the Senior Science Master at Giggleswick School. His wife also taught mathematics there.
From 1922-1945 Mott served as Director of Education in Liverpool. was named after him.
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English physicist and educator, Director of Education of Liverpool
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Charles Francis Mott was born in 1877 in Redhill.
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Charles Francis Mott died in 1967 in Cambridge.
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Charles Francis Mott was a physicist.
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