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Robert Andrews Millikan
Robert A. Millikan | |
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 Professor Robert Andrews Millikan | |
| Born | March 22, 1868 |
| Died | December 19, 1953 (aged 85) |
| Nationality |  United States |
| Alma mater | Oberlin College Columbia University |
| Known for | Charge on the electron & advanced work on cosmic ray physics |
| Scientific career | |
| Doctoral advisor | Michael Pupin Albert Michelson  |
| Doctoral students | William Pickering |
Robert Andrews Millikan (March 22, 1868 – December 19, 1953) was an American professor of experimental physicist. He won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1923 for his method of accurately measuring the electric charge through the Millikan oil drop experiment and for his work of the photoelectric effect. He was also the researcher on cosmic radiation.
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