Patrick Joseph Nolan

Professor Patrick Joseph Nolan (11 August 1894 – 28 December 1984) was an Irish physicist. Like his older brother, physicist John James Nolan, he specialised in atmospheric physics. In 1971, he was awarded the Boyle Medal by the Royal Dublin Society. Patrick J. Nolan is best remembered for the 1940s development of the Photoelectric Nucleus Counter with his UCD colleague L. W. Pollak. This counter was long the standard instrument for the measurement of cloud condensation nuclei.

Patrick Joseph Nolan

Professor Patrick Joseph Nolan (11 August 1894 – 28 December 1984) was an Irish physicist. Like his older brother, physicist John James Nolan, he specialised in atmospheric physics. In 1971, he was awarded the Boyle Medal by the Royal Dublin Society. Patrick J. Nolan is best remembered for the 1940s development of the Photoelectric Nucleus Counter with his UCD colleague L. W. Pollak. This counter was long the standard instrument for the measurement of cloud condensation nuclei.