
Owen Willans Richardson
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 65 years ago |
Date of birth | April 26,1879 |
Zodiac sign | Taurus |
Born | Dewsbury |
United Kingdom | |
Date of died | February 15,1959 |
Died | Alton |
United Kingdom | |
Known for | Thermionic emission |
Richardson's law; Einstein–de Haas effect | |
Job | Physicist |
Awards | Nobel Prize in Physics |
Hughes Medal | |
Education | University College London |
University of Cambridge | |
King's College London | |
Trinity College | |
Batley Grammar School | |
Current partner | Henriette Rupp |
Lilian Wilson | |
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ID | 552009 |
Owen Willans Richardson Life story
Sir Owen Willans Richardson, FRS was a British physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1928 for his work on thermionic emission, which led to Richardson's law.