Edwin Hall

Also known as Edwin Herbert Hall, Edwin H. Hall, E. H. Hall

American physicist (1855–1938)

Person · Open Library

Born: 1939
Works: 28

Top works

An archaeological survey of the Old John Lake Area, Northern Alaska
In the national interest
The Ancient Historical Records of Norwalk, Connecticut
Eskimo Storyteller
The Arnolfini betrothal

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Type: Group
Origin: United States
Active from: 1967
Active to: 2024-04

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Discography

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Listeners: 1
Total plays: 3

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

BEDTools: a flexible suite of utilities for comparing genomic features
· 2010 · cited 27,586x
SMOTE: Synthetic Minority Over-sampling Technique
· 2002 · cited 26,576x
Introducing mothur: Open-Source, Platform-Independent, Community-Supported Software for Describing and Comparing Microbial Communities
· 2009 · cited 18,979x
A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,787x
Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,964x

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Key facts

Born: Edwin Herbert Hall , ( 1855-11-07 ) November 7, 1855, Gorham, Maine , US
Died: November 20, 1938 (1938-11-20) (aged 83), Cambridge, Massachusetts , US
Alma mater: Bowdoin College Johns Hopkins University ( PhD )
Known for: Hall effect (1879)
Title: Rumford Professor of Physics (1914–21)
Predecessor: John Trowbridge
Successor: George W. Pierce
Awards: Oersted Medal (1937)
Fields: Electromagnetism
Institutions: Harvard University , (1895–1921)
Thesis: On the New Action of Magnetism on a Permanent Electric Current (1880)
Doctoral advisor: Henry A. Rowland
Doctoral students: Harvey N. Davis (1906)

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Herbert
Family name: Hall
Gender: male
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Gorham
Place of death: Cambridge
Occupation: university teacher
Educated at: Bowdoin College
Employer: Harvard University
Award: Oersted Medal
Doctoral advisor: Henry Augustus Rowland
Field of work: physics
Image: PSM V64 D380 Edwin H Hall.png
Residence: Maine

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place of burial: Mount Auburn Cemetery
date of birth: 1855-11-07
date of death: 1938-11-20
member of: National Academy of Sciences
name in native language: Edwin Herbert Hall
Commons category: Edwin Hall (physicist)
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Encyclopedic overview

Edwin Herbert Hall (November 7, 1855 – November 20, 1938) was an American physicist who discovered the Hall effect. He also conducted thermoelectric research and wrote numerous physics textbooks and laboratory manuals.

Education and career

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