Historical information and background of the Scientist
Bertram was born in a hospital in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada on July 15, 1918. He was raised on a farm near Milk River and he lived with his mother, father, and sister. In the winter of 1926, his family moved to Vancouver B.C.
Bertram Brockhouse, was a professor at McMaster University, winner of the most prestigious awards in science, and the only Canadian Nobel laureate who was born, educated and completed his life's work in this country, died Monday October 13, 2003 at St. Joseph's hospital. He was 85 years old.
Brockhouse, one of 17 Canadian winners of a Nobel, won his physics prize for work in neutron scattering -- a field he invented.
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