Owen Richardson
April 26, 1879 –February 15, 1959
Physicist, University teacher, Theoretical physicist
Lived 79 years
- Born in
- Dewsbury
- Passed away in
- Alton
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.
Awards: Fellow of the Royal Society, Royal Medal, Nobel Prize in Physics, Hughes Medal, Knight Bachelor, Silliman Memorial Lectures Education: Trinity College, Batley Grammar School, University of London
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