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: British physicist (1879–1959)
Biography
Sir Owen Willans Richardson was a British physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1928 for his work on thermionic emission and for the discovery of Richardson's law.