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John L. Hall

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John L. Hall

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Also known as John Lewis Hall, John Hall

American physicist (born 1934)

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John L. Hall is an American physicist and university teacher born in Denver in 1934. He holds citizenship in the United States and speaks English. His professional career includes positions at the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the University of Colorado Boulder, with work located in Boulder. He was educated at the University of Glasgow and Carnegie Mellon University.

Hall has received several awards, including the Nobel Prize in Physics, the Max Born Award, the Frederic Ives Medal, and the Charles Hard Townes Award. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Physical Society. His doctoral student is Jun Ye. He is also recognized in the Nobel Laureates collection and the Nobel Physics collection.

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Nobel Prize

  • The Nobel Prize in Physics2005

    for their contributions to the development of laser-based precision spectroscopy, including the optical frequency comb technique

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Lewis
Family name
Hall
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Denver
Languages spoken
English language
Field of work
physics
Image
John L. Hall.jpg
Work location
Boulder
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John L. Hall
date of birth
1934-08-21
Erdős number
7
nickname
Jan
different from
John Hall
interested in
physics
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Encyclopedic overview

John Lewis "Jan" Hall (born August 21, 1934) is an American physicist, and Nobel laureate in physics. He shared the 2005 Nobel Prize in Physics with Theodor W. Hänsch and Roy Glauber for his work in precision spectroscopy.

Biography

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