Robert Andrews Millikan
American physicist (1868–1953)
Robert Andrews Millikan (March 22, 1868 – December 19, 1953) was an American professor of experimental physicist. He won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1923 for his method of accurately measuring the electric charge through the Millikan oil drop experiment and for his work of the photoelectric effect. He was also the researcher on cosmic radiation.
Robert A. Millikan | |
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 Professor Robert Andrews Millikan | |
| Born | March 22, 1868 |
| Died | December 19, 1953 (aged 85) |
| Nationality |  United States |
| Alma mater | Oberlin College Columbia University |
| Known for | Charge on the electron & advanced work on cosmic ray physics |
| Scientific career | |
| Doctoral advisor | Michael Pupin Albert Michelson  |
| Doctoral students | William Pickering |
Education
changeMillikan received the first-class bachelor's degree from Oberlin College in 1891 and a doctorate in physics from Columbia University in 1895. He was the first person to receive a doctorate from this university.
References and further reading
changeBooks
change- Waller, John, "Einstein's Luck: The Truth Behind Some of the Greatest Scientific Discoveries". Oxford University Press, 2003. ISBN 0-19-860719-9
- Physics paper On the Elementary Electrical Charge and the Avogadro Constant (extract) http://www.aip.org/history/gap/ Archived 2012-09-30 at the Wayback Machine
Other websites
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Media related to Robert Andrews Millikan at Wikimedia Commons"Famous Iowans," by Tom Longdon[permanent dead link] - Illustrated Millikan biography Retrieved from Internet Archive on March 30, 2007
