The Nobel Prize in Physics 1929
Awarded on: 1929-11-12
"for his work on the thermionic phenomenon and especially for the discovery of the law named after him"
Affiliations:
- London University – London, United Kingdom
Owen Willans Richardson
Born: 1879-04-26 in Dewsbury, United Kingdom
Gender: male
Field: English physicist (1879–1959)
Biography
Sir Owen Willans Richardson was an English physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1928 for his work on thermionic emission, which led to Richardson's law.