Robert Andrews Millikan

Robert A. Millikan
; Robert A. Millikan
Born	Robert Andrews Millikan; 22 Mairch 1868; Morrison, Illinois, U.S.
Dee'd	19 December 1953 (aged 85); San Marino, Californie, U.S.
Naitionality	Unitit States
Alma mater	Oberlin College; Columbia Varsity;
Kent for	Chairge o the electron; Photoelectric effect; Cosmic ray pheesics;
Hauf-marrae(s)	Greta née Blanchard
Bairns	Clark Blanchard; Glenn Allan; Max Franklin;
Awairds	Comstock Prize (1913); IEEE Edison Medal (1922); Nobel Prize in Pheesics (1923); Hughes Medal (1923); Matteucci Medal (1925); ASME Medal (1926); Franklin Medal (1937); Oersted Medal (1940); Medal for Merit (1949);
	Scientific career
Fields	Pheesics
Institutions	Varsity o Chicago; California Institute of Technology;
Thesis	On the polarization of light emitted from the surfaces of incandescent solids and liquids. (1895)
Doctoral advisor	Ogden Nicholas Rood;
Other academic advisors	Mihajlo Pupin ; Albert A. Michelson ; Walther Nernst
Doctoral students	Chung-Yao Chao; Robley D. Evans; Harvey Fletcher; C. C. Lauritsen; William Pickering; Ralph A. Sawyer;
	Militar career
Service/branch	Unitit States Airmy
Years o service	1917–1918
Rank	Lieutenant Colonel
Unit	Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps
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Robert Andrews Millikan (Mairch 22, 1868 – December 19, 1953) wis an American experimental pheesicist honoured wi the Nobel Prize for Pheesics in 1923 for the meisurment o the elementar electronic chairge an for his wirk on the photoelectric effect. He wis a Congregationalist.^[5]^[6]

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↑ "Comstock Prize in Physics". National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 13 Februar 2011.
↑ "Millikan, son, aide get medals of merit". New York Times. 22 Mairch 1949. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
↑ Physics Tree profile Robert A Millikan
↑ Bates, Charles C. & Fuller, John F. (1 Julie 1986). "Chapter 2: The Rebirth of Military Meteorology". America's Weather Warriors, 1814–1985. Texas A&M University Press. pp. 17–20. ISBN 978-0890962404.
↑ Millikan, Robert Andrews. ukwhoswho.com. Who Was Who. 1920-1929. A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. 1929. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U240788.
↑ The Religious Affiliation of Physicist Robert Andrews Millikan. adherents.com

Robert A. Millikan

Born	Robert Andrews Millikan 22 Mairch 1868(1868-03-22) Morrison, Illinois, U.S.
Dee'd	19 December 1953(1953-12-19) (aged 85) San Marino, Californie, U.S.
Naitionality	Unitit States
Alma mater	Oberlin College Columbia Varsity
Kent for	Chairge o the electron Photoelectric effect Cosmic ray pheesics
Hauf-marrae(s)	Greta née Blanchard
Bairns	Clark Blanchard Glenn Allan Max Franklin
Awairds	Comstock Prize (1913)^[1] IEEE Edison Medal (1922) Nobel Prize in Pheesics (1923) Hughes Medal (1923) Matteucci Medal (1925) ASME Medal (1926) Franklin Medal (1937) Oersted Medal (1940) Medal for Merit (1949)^[2]
Scientific career
Fields	Pheesics
Institutions	Varsity o Chicago California Institute of Technology
Thesis	On the polarization of light emitted from the surfaces of incandescent solids and liquids. (1895)
Doctoral advisor	Ogden Nicholas Rood^[3]
Other academic advisors	Mihajlo Pupin Albert A. Michelson Walther Nernst
Doctoral students	Chung-Yao Chao Robley D. Evans Harvey Fletcher C. C. Lauritsen William Pickering Ralph A. Sawyer

Militar career
Service/branch	Unitit States Airmy^[4]
Years o service	1917–1918
Rank	Lieutenant Colonel
Unit	Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps

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