Editing C. P. Snow (section)

{{Short description|English novelist and physical chemist (1905–1980)}}
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{{Infobox scientist
|honorific_prefix  = [[The Right Honourable]]
|name              = The Lord Snow
|honorific_suffix  = {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100|CBE|FRSL}}
|image             = C. P. Snow.jpg
|image_size        =
|caption           = C. P. Snow in 1969 by Jack Manning for ''The New York Times''
|birth_date        = {{Birth date|1905|10|15|df=yes}}
|birth_place       = [[Leicester]], England
|birth_name        = Charles Percy Snow
|death_date        = {{death date and age|1980|7|1|1905|10|15|df=yes}}
|death_place       = London, England
|spouses           = {{marriage|[[Pamela Hansford Johnson]]|1950}}
|children          = 1
|citizenship       =
|nationality       = English
|field             = Physics, chemistry, literature (novelist)
|work_institutions = {{Plain list|
* [[University of Cambridge]]
* [[English Electric]]
* [[Civil Service (United Kingdom)|Civil Service]]
}}
|education         = [[Alderman Newton's School]]
|alma_mater        = {{Plain list|
* [[University of Leicester|University College, Leicester]]
* [[University of Cambridge]] (PhD)
}}
|doctoral_advisor  =
|doctoral_students = [[Eric Eastwood (engineer)|Eric Eastwood]]
|thesis_title      = The Structure of Simple Molecules
|thesis_url      = https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.31121
| thesis_year      = 1930
|known_for         = {{Plain list|
* ''[[Strangers and Brothers]]''
* ''[[The Two Cultures]]''
* ''[[Corridors of Power (novel)|Corridors of Power]]''
}}
|prizes            =
|signature         =
}}
[[File:LeicesterCPSnowPlaque1a_June2010.jpg|thumb|Lord Snow of Leicester was born at 40 Richmond Road Leicester. This plaque is displayed opposite his birthplace.]]

'''Charles Percy Snow, Baron Snow''' (15 October 1905 – 1 July 1980<ref name=whoswho/>) was an English novelist and [[physical chemist]] who also served in several important positions in the [[British Civil Service]] and briefly in the [[Government of the United Kingdom|UK government]].<ref name=imdb>{{IMDb name}}</ref><ref name=Columbia>''The Columbia Encyclopedia'' (6th Edition, 2001–2005).  "[http://www.bartleby.com/65/sn/Snow-CP.html Snow, C. P.]"  Accessed 26 July 2007.</ref> He is best known for his series of novels known collectively as ''[[Strangers and Brothers]]'', and for "[[The Two Cultures]]", a 1959 lecture in which he laments the gulf between scientists and "literary intellectuals".<ref>{{cite journal
|last=Markl
|first=H
|date=April 1994
|title=Dementia dichotoma—the 'two cultures' delusion
|journal=[[Experientia]]
|volume=50
|issue=4
|pages=346–51
| pmid = 8174681
|doi=10.1007/BF02026636
 |s2cid=34079880
}}</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090510065231/http://seedmagazine.com/content/article/are_we_beyond_the_two_cultures "Are We Beyond the Two Cultures?"], [[Seed (magazine)|''Seed Magazine'']] article, 7 May 2009</ref><ref>[[Lisa Jardine]] (2010) "C.P. Snow's Two Cultures Revisited," ''Christ's College'' magazine, pp. 48-57</ref><ref>Snow, C. P. (1963). ''The Two Cultures: A Second Look''. London: Cambridge University Press.</ref>