Nevill Francis Mott

Sir Nevill Mott
Born	Nevill Francis Mott (1905-09-30)30 September 1905 Leeds, England
Died	8 August 1996(1996-08-08) (aged 90) Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England
Alma mater	University of Cambridge
Known for	Mott problem Mott insulator Mott scattering Mott polynomials Mott formula Mott variable-range hopping Mott–Bethe formula Mott–Gurney law Mott–Schottky equation Mott–Schottky plot Schottky–Mott rule Wannier–Mott exciton Band bending Pseudogap Mott Medal
Awards	FRS (1936) Hughes Medal (1941) Royal Medal (1953) Copley Medal (1972) A. A. Griffith Medal and Prize (1973) Faraday Medal (1973) Nobel Prize in Physics (1977)
Scientific career
Fields	Physics
Institutions	University of Manchester University of Cambridge University of Bristol
Doctoral advisor	R.H. Fowler

Sir Nevill Francis Mott CH FRS (30 September 1905 – 8 August 1996) was a British physicist who won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1977 for his work on the electronic structure of magnetic and disordered systems, especially amorphous semiconductors. The award was shared with Philip W. Anderson and J. H. Van Vleck. The three had conducted loosely related research. Mott and Anderson clarified the reasons why magnetic or amorphous materials can sometimes be metallic and sometimes insulating.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}