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Robert Millikan (born March 22, 1868, Morrison, Illinois, U.S.—died December 19, 1953, San Marino, California) was an American physicist honored with the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1923 for his study of the elementary electronic charge and the photoelectric effect.
Robert Andrews Millikan (March 22, 1868 – December 19, 1953) was an American physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1923 for the measurement of the elementary electric charge and for his work on the photoelectric effect.
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1923 was awarded to Robert Andrews Millikan "for his work on the elementary charge of electricity and on the photoelectric effect"
Robert Andrews Millikan. The Nobel Prize in Physics 1923. Born: 22 March 1868, Morrison, IL, USA. Died: 19 December 1953, San Marino, CA, USA. Affiliation at the time of the award: California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Pasadena, CA, USA.
Robert A. Millikan was the most famous American scientist of his day. In 1923 he became the second American (A. A. Michelson had been the first, in 1907) to win the Nobel prize in physics.
Robert Andrews Millikan was a prominent American physicist who made lasting contributions to both pure science and science education. He is particularly well known for his highly accurate determination of the charge of an electron via his classic oil drop experiment.
Millikan oil-drop experiment, first direct and compelling measurement of the electric charge of a single electron. It was performed originally in 1909 by the American physicist Robert A. Millikan, who devised a method of measuring the minute electric charge that is present on many of the droplets in an oil mist.
Robert Andrews Millikan was born March 22, 1868 in Morrison, Illinois. He attended Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio, graduating with a degree in classics in 1891. After teaching elementary physics for two years, Millikan went back to school to earn his doctorate in physics from Columbia University.
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1923 was awarded to Robert Andrews Millikan "for his work on the elementary charge of electricity and on the photoelectric effect"
Robert Andrews Millikan was born in Morrison, Illinois, in 1868. During his undergraduate course at Oberlin College, his favorite subjects were Greek and mathematics; but after his graduation in 1891 he took, for two years, a teaching post in elementary physics.