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Also known as Edwin Herbert Hall, Edwin H. Hall, E. H. Hall

American physicist (1855–1938)

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Born
1939
Works
28

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  • An archaeological survey of the Old John Lake Area, Northern Alaska
  • In the national interest
  • The Ancient Historical Records of Norwalk, Connecticut
  • Eskimo Storyteller
  • The Arnolfini betrothal

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Group
Origin
United States
Active from
1967
Active to
2024-04
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Total plays
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Born
Edwin Herbert Hall , ( 1855-11-07 ) November 7, 1855, Gorham, Maine , US
Died
November 20, 1938 (1938-11-20) (aged 83), Cambridge, Massachusetts , US
Alma mater
Bowdoin College Johns Hopkins University ( PhD )
Known for
Hall effect (1879)
Title
Rumford Professor of Physics (1914–21)
Predecessor
John Trowbridge
Successor
George W. Pierce
Awards
Oersted Medal (1937)
Fields
Electromagnetism
Institutions
Harvard University , (1895–1921)
Thesis
On the New Action of Magnetism on a Permanent Electric Current (1880)
Doctoral advisor
Henry A. Rowland
Doctoral students
Harvey N. Davis (1906)

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date of birth
1855-11-07
date of death
1938-11-20
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Edwin Herbert Hall
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Edwin Hall (physicist)
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Edwin Herbert Hall (November 7, 1855 – November 20, 1938) was an American physicist who discovered the Hall effect. He also conducted thermoelectric research and wrote numerous physics textbooks and laboratory manuals.

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