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Birth of Patrick Blackett

18 November 1897

British physicist (1897-1974). Patrick Blackett was born on 18 November 1897 in what is now the United Kingdom. Patrick Blackett is remembered as a politician, physicist and university teacher, a citizen of the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Positions held included President of the Royal Society and member of the House of Lords.

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