Owen Willans Richardson

Owen Willans Richardson (April 26, 1879 - February 15, 1959) was a British physicist, and was a professor at Princeton University from 1906 to 1913. He graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge in 1900.

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April 26 - 1879 - February 15 - 1959 - British - Physicist - Princeton University - Trinity College, Cambridge

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He was awarded the Hughes medal by the Royal Society (of which he was a Fellow) in 1920 for his work in thermionics, which is the basis for the vacuum tube.

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Royal Society - Thermionics - Vacuum tube

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He received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1928 "for his work on the thermionic phenomenon and especially for the discovery of the law named after him".

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Nobel Prize in Physics - 1928 - The law named after him

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He also researched the photoelectric effect, the gyromagnetic effect, the emission of electrons by chemical reactions, soft X-rays, and the spectrum of hydrogen.

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Photoelectric effect - Gyromagnetic effect - X-rays

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His nephew was physicist Richard Davisson.

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