Glenn Allan Millikan
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Gender | Male |
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Date of birth | May 23,1906 |
Zodiac sign | Gemini |
Born | Chicago |
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Died | Fall Creek Falls State Park |
Tennessee | |
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Current partner | Frances Clare Mallory |
Parents | Robert Andrews Millikan |
Grandparents | Silas Franklin Millikan |
Education | Harvard University |
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ID | 3466311 |
Glenn Allan Millikan Life story
Glenn Allan Millikan was an American physiologist, inventor and mountaineer. Millikan invented the first practical, portable oximeter in 1940–1942. The Millikan oximeter "is generally acknowledged as the beginning of oximetry in physiology and clinical medicine." The word oximeter was introduced by Millikan.