Owen Willans Richardson was a British physicist born on April 26, 1879 in England. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1928 for his work in thermionic emission, which is the basis of Richardson's Law. His research was instrumental in the development of modern electronics and the understanding of the behavior of electrons in a vacuum.
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About
British Physicist who won the 1928 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work in thermionic emission, which is what led to Richardson's Law.
Before Fame
He earned a DSc from University College London in 1904 and was made a fellow at Trinity College.
Trivia
He worked as a professor at Princeton University from 1906 until 1913.
Family Life
He married Lilian Wilson in 1906, and they had two sons and a daughter.
Associated With
He taught scientist Clinton Davisson at Princeton University, and he later became his brother in law.