Owen Willans Richardson

Also known as Sir Owen Richardson, Richardson ruen Uillans, Sir Owen Willans Richardson

British physicist (1879-1959)

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Owen Willans Richardson was a British physicist and university teacher specializing in physics and thermionic emission. Born in Dewsbury in 1879, he was educated at Trinity College, University of London, under doctoral advisor J. J. Thomson. His academic career included positions as a university teacher and director at King's College London and Princeton University. He spoke English and was buried at Brookwood Cemetery.

Richardson received the Nobel Prize in Physics, the Royal Medal, the Hughes Medal, and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. He was a member of the Royal Society, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences, and the American Philosophical Society. His doctoral students included Karl Taylor Compton and Ali Moustafa Mosharafa. His archives are held at the Harry Ransom Center.

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Nobel Prize

The Nobel Prize in Physics1928
“for his work on the thermionic phenomenon and especially for the discovery of the law named after him”

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Family name: Richardson
Gender: male
Citizenship: United Kingdom
Place of birth: Dewsbury
Place of death: Alton
Occupation: theoretical physicist
Position held: university teacher
Educated at: University of London
Employer: King's College London
Languages spoken: English language
Doctoral advisor: J. J. Thomson
Doctoral student: Karl Taylor Compton
Field of work: thermionic emission
Image: Owen Richardson.jpg

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Commons category: Owen Willans Richardson
date of birth: 1879-04-26
date of death: 1959-02-15
member of: American Philosophical Society
nominated for: Nobel Prize in Physics
place of burial: Brookwood Cemetery
archives at: Harry Ransom Center
maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Mathematics
interested in: physics

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Encyclopedic overview

Sir Owen Willans Richardson (26 April 1879 – 15 February 1959) was a British physicist who received the 1928 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on thermionic emission and for the discovery of Richardson's law.

Biography

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