In addition to winning , along with Walton , the Hughes Medal and 1951 Nobel Prize in Physics , Cockcroft received numerous awards and accolades over the years . He became a knight bachelor in December 1948 . This was normal : scientists were seldom inducted into the chivalric orders , but he was created a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in May 1953 . Perhaps because this was rare , scientists normally regarded becoming a member of the Order of Merit as a greater honour ; Cockcroft became an Order of Merit member in December 1956 . He also received the Royal Medal in 1954 , the Faraday Medal in 1955 , the American Medal of Freedom in 1947 and Atoms for Peace Award in 1961 , He was made a Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur by France in 1952 , and was awarded the Knight Commander of the Military Order of Christ by Portugal in 1955 , and the Grand Cross of the Order of Alfonso X by Spain in 1958
Medal of Freedom
Medal of Freedom (1945)
John Cockcroft