| Robert A. Millikan  AKA Robert Andrews Millikan
Born: 22-Mar-1868
Birthplace: Morrison, IL
Died: 19-Dec-1953
Location of death: San Marino, CA
Cause of death: unspecified
Gender: Male
Religion: Unitarian
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Physicist Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Determined the charge of an electron Wife: Greta Ervin Blanchard (three sons)
Son: Clark B. Millikan (aerodynamicist)
High School: Maquoketa High School
University: BA Classics, Oberlin College (1891)
University: PhD Physics, Columbia University (1895)
Professor: University of Chicago (1896-1921)
Administrator: Director, Norman Bridge Laboratory, California Institute of Technology (1921-45)
IEEE Edison Medal 1922
Nobel Prize for Physics 1923
Hughes Medal 1923
Matteucci Medal 1925
ASME Medal 1926
Oersted Medal 1940
Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society
Author of books:
The Autobiography of Robert Millikan (1950, memoir)
Appears on postage stamps:
USA, Scott #1866 (37 cents, issued 26-Jan-1982)
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