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Owen Willans Richardson

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Sir Owen Richardson
Niels Bohr an Richardson (richt) at the 1927 Solvay conference
BornOwen Willans Richardson
26 Apryle 1879(1879-04-26)
Dewsbury, Yorkshire, Ingland
Dee'd15 Februar 1959(1959-02-15) (aged 79)
Alton, Hampshire, Ingland
NaitionalityUnitit Kinrick
EddicationBatley Grammar School
Alma mater
Kent forRichardson's law
Awairds
Scientific career
FieldsPheesics
Institutions
Doctoral advisorJ. J. Thomson[2]
Doctoral students

Sir Owen Willans Richardson, FRS[1] (26 Aprile 1879 – 15 Februar 1959) wis a Breetish pheesicist wha wan the Nobel Prize in Pheesics in 1928 for his wirk on thermionic emission, which led tae Richardson's law.[3][4][5][6][7][8]

References

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  1. a b Wilson, Wm (1960). "Owen Willans Richardson 1879-1959". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. Royal Society. 5. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1960.0016.
  2. Rayleigh (1941). "Joseph John Thomson. 1856-1940". Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society. 3 (10): 586–609. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1941.0024.
  3. Nobel Foundation (1928). "Owen Willans Richardson: The Nobel Prize in Physics 1928". Les Prix Nobel. Archived frae the original on 4 August 2004. Retrieved 17 September 2007.
  4. Richardson, OW (1921), "Problems Of Physics", Science (published 30 September 1921), 54 (1396): 283–91, Bibcode:1921Sci....54..283R, doi:10.1126/science.54.1396.283, PMID 17818864
  5. Richardson, OW (1913), "The Emission Of Electrons From Tungsten At High Temperatures: An Experimental Proof That The Electric Current In Metals Is Carried By Electrons", Science (published 11 Julie 1913), 38 (967): 57–61, Bibcode:1913Sci....38...57R, doi:10.1126/science.38.967.57, PMID 17830216
  6. Richardson, OW (1912), "The Laws Of Photoelectric Action And The Unitary Theory Of Light (Lichtquanten Theorie)", Science (published 12 Julie 1912), 36 (915): 57–8, Bibcode:1912Sci....36...57R, doi:10.1126/science.36.915.57-a, PMID 17800821
  7. Richardson, OW; Compton, KT (1912), "The Photoelectric Effect", Science (published 17 Mey 1912), 35 (907): 783–4, Bibcode:1912Sci....35..783R, doi:10.1126/science.35.907.783, PMID 17792421
  8. Owen Richardson's Nobel lecture on thermionics, December 12, 1929