Editing C. F. Powell (section)

== Personal life ==
Powell was born in [[Tonbridge]], Kent, [[England]], the son Frank and Elizabeth Caroline (née Bisacre) Powell.<ref name="frs" /> His father was a [[gunsmith]]. He was educated at a local primary school before gaining a [[scholarship]] to the [[Judd School]], Tonbridge.<ref name=NobelBiog>{{cite book |title=Nobel Lectures, Physics 1942-1962 |year=1964 |publisher=Elsevier publishing Company |location=Amsterdam |url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1950/powell-bio.html |access-date=14 September 2009}}</ref> Following this he attended [[Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge]], graduating in 1925 in natural sciences.<ref name=NobelBiog/> After completing his bachelor's degree he worked at the [[Cavendish Laboratory]], Cambridge, under [[C.T.R. Wilson]] and [[Lord Rutherford]], conducting research into condensation phenomena, and gaining his PhD in physics in 1929.<ref>Cambridge University Library</ref>

In 1932 Powell married Isobel Artner (1907–1995), and the couple had two daughters, Jane and Annie.<ref name=NobelBiog/><ref name="CHIS" />