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Robert A. Millikan

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Robert A. Millikan

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Also known as Robert Millikan, Robert Andrews Millikan, R. A. Millikan

American physicist (1868–1953)

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Robert A. Millikan was born on March 22, 1868, and died on December 19, 1953. He is recognized in the American Academy Arts Sciences collection, the Nobel Laureates collection, and the Nobel Physics collection. Millikan received one Nobel Prize and is referenced by 844 other encyclopedia articles.

His notable work includes *The Autobiography of Robert A. Millikan*. He authored five works in total. Millikan stated that science walks forward on two feet, namely theory and experiment. His name appears in the Commons category and gallery for Robert Andrews Millikan.

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Nobel Prize

  • The Nobel Prize in Physics1923

    “for his work on the elementary charge of electricity and on the photoelectric effect”

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Morrison
Place of death
San Marino
Occupation
university teacher
Employer
University of Chicago
Languages spoken
English language
Religion
Congregational churches
Award
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Doctoral advisor
Ogden Rood
Doctoral student
Carl David Anderson
Field of work
physics
Military branch
United States Army
Military rank
lieutenant colonel
Image
Robert Andrews Millikan 1920s.jpg
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member of
Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
place of burial
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Commons category
Robert Andrews Millikan
date of birth
1868-03-22
date of death
1953-12-19
Commons gallery
Robert Andrews Millikan
nominated for
Nobel Prize in Physics
cause of death
myocardial infarction
manner of death
natural causes
name in native language
Robert Andrews Millikan
writing language
English language
different from
Robert S. Mulliken
on focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Mathematics
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Chikilidae
interested in
physics
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Encyclopedic overview

Robert Andrews Millikan (March 22, 1868 – December 19, 1953) was an American experimental physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1923 "for his work on the elementary charge of electricity and on the photoelectric effect."

As Chairman of the Executive Council of Caltech (the school's governing body at the time) from 1921 to 1945, Millikan helped to turn the school into one of the leading research institutions in the United States. He also served on the board of trustees for Science Service, now known as Society for Science & the Public, from 1921 to 1953.

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