Robert A. Millikan

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Nobel laureate in Physics experimental physicist human physicist

Robert A. Millikan was an American experimental physicist best known for his oil-drop experiment measuring the electron’s charge and for his Nobel Prize–winning work on the photoelectric effect.

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Robert A. Millikan canonical 11
Robert Andrews Millikan 7
Millikan 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Nobel laureate in Physics ⓘ
experimental physicist ⓘ
human ⓘ
physicist ⓘ
academicDegree PhD in physics ⓘ
awardReceived Comstock Prize in Physics ⓘ
Edison Medal ⓘ
surface form: IEEE Edison Medal

Matteucci Medal ⓘ
Nobel Prize in Physics ⓘ
burialPlace Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California, United States ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1868-03-22 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1953-12-19 ⓘ
doctoralStudent Harvey Fletcher ⓘ
educatedAt Columbia University ⓘ
Oberlin College ⓘ
employer California Institute of Technology ⓘ
University of Chicago ⓘ
familyName Robert A. Millikan self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Millikan
fieldOfWork experimental physics ⓘ
physics ⓘ
givenName Robert ⓘ
hasAcademicAdvisor Albert A. Michelson ⓘ
influenced development of modern atomic theory ⓘ
early quantum theory ⓘ
knownFor oil-drop experiment ⓘ
surface form: Millikan oil-drop apparatus

measurement of the elementary electric charge ⓘ
oil-drop experiment ⓘ
research on the photoelectric effect ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
memberOf American Physical Society ⓘ
National Academy of Sciences ⓘ
middleName Andrews ⓘ
NobelPrizeFor work on the elementary charge of electricity ⓘ
work on the photoelectric effect ⓘ
NobelPrizeYear 1923 ⓘ
notableWork Electrons (+ and −) and Their Applications ⓘ
The Electron ⓘ
placeOfBirth Morrison, Illinois, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath San Marino, California, United States ⓘ
positionHeld head of the Norman Bridge Laboratory of Physics at Caltech ⓘ
president of the California Institute of Technology ⓘ
professor of physics at the University of Chicago ⓘ
religion Methodism ⓘ
residence Pasadena ⓘ
surface form: Pasadena, California, United States
sexOrGender male ⓘ
workLocation Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
Pasadena ⓘ
surface form: Pasadena, California, United States

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Oersted Medal → hasRecipient → Robert A. Millikan ⓘ
Franklin Medal → notableRecipient → Robert A. Millikan ⓘ
Comstock Prize in Physics → notableRecipient → Robert A. Millikan ⓘ
Robert A. Millikan → familyName → Robert A. Millikan self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Millikan
Edwin McMillan → doctoralAdvisor → Robert A. Millikan ⓘ
Clinton Davisson → hasAcademicAdvisor → Robert A. Millikan ⓘ
Carl David Anderson → doctoralAdvisor → Robert A. Millikan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Robert Andrews Millikan
Carl David Anderson → influencedBy → Robert A. Millikan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Robert Andrews Millikan
Millikan Medal → namedAfter → Robert A. Millikan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Robert Andrews Millikan
Leonard B. Loeb → studentOf → Robert A. Millikan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Robert Andrews Millikan
Leonard B. Loeb → doctoralAdvisor → Robert A. Millikan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Robert Andrews Millikan
Andrews → isMiddleNameOf → Robert A. Millikan ⓘ
Morrison, Illinois, United States → hasNotablePerson → Robert A. Millikan ⓘ
subject surface form: Morrison, Illinois
Morrison, Illinois, United States → birthplaceOf → Robert A. Millikan ⓘ
subject surface form: Morrison, Illinois
oil-drop experiment → performedBy → Robert A. Millikan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Robert Andrews Millikan
oil-drop experiment → leadResearcher → Robert A. Millikan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Robert Andrews Millikan
The Electron → author → Robert A. Millikan ⓘ
Electrons (+ and −) and Their Applications → author → Robert A. Millikan ⓘ
Electrons (+ and −) and Their Applications → hasAuthor → Robert A. Millikan ⓘ