Edwin Hall

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

American physicist (1855–1938)

Key facts

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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Instance of: human
Given name: Herbert
Family name: Hall
Gender: male
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Gorham
Place of death: Cambridge
Occupation: university teacher
Educated at: Bowdoin College
Employer: Harvard University
Award: Oersted Medal
Doctoral advisor: Henry Augustus Rowland
Field of work: physics
Image: PSM V64 D380 Edwin H Hall.png
Residence: Maine

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place of burial: Mount Auburn Cemetery
date of birth: 1855-11-07
date of death: 1938-11-20
member of: National Academy of Sciences
name in native language: Edwin Herbert Hall
Commons category: Edwin Hall (physicist)
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Encyclopedic overview

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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