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

  2. Mar 29, 2024 · Robert Andrews Millikan. Born: March 22, 1868, Morrison, Illinois, U.S. Died: December 19, 1953, San Marino, California (aged 85) Awards And Honors: Nobel Prize (1923) Subjects Of Study: Planck’s constant. electron charge. photoelectric effect.

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  3. May 17, 2018 · Millikan, Robert Andrews (1868–1953) US physicist. His oil drop experiment enabled him to determine the electric charge of an electron . Millikan went on to study the photoelectric effect , verifying the equation of Albert Einstein and gaining a precise value for Max Planck's constant.

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  5. Millikan made numerous discoveries in the fields of electricity, optics, and molecular physics. His earliest major success was the accurate determination of the charge carried by an electron, using his "falling-drop method"; he also proved that this quantity was a constant for all electrons (1910), thus demonstrating the atomic structure of ...

  6. Robert Andrews Millikan was a prominent American physicist who made lasting contributions to both pure science and science education. He is particularly well known for his highly accurate determination of the charge of an electron via his classic oil drop experiment.

  7. May 3, 2017 · Professor of Applied Physics. Time 6 to read. In 1923, the American physicist Robert Andrews Millikan (1868-1953) was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics, “for his work on the elementary charge of electricity and on the photoelectric effect”.

  8. Millikan's accomplishments were the design and fine-tuning of experiments that confirmed the most important scientific theories of his time, providing the implications for atomic theory. Small Town. Robert Andrews Millikan was born on March 22, 1868 in Morrison, Illinois, the grandson of pioneers who had resettled from New England.

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