Edward Leamington Nichols
American physicist (1854ā1937) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Edward Leamington Nichols (September 14, 1854 ā November 10, 1937) was an American scientist. He was a physicist and astronomer,[2] professor of physics at Cornell University.[3]
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Edward Leamington Nichols | |
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Born | September 14, 1854 Leamington, England |
Died | November 10, 1937(1937-11-10) (aged 83) West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. |
Awards | Elliott Cresson Medal (1927) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Physics |
Institutions | Johns Hopkins University Thomas Edison laboratory Central University of Kentucky University of Kansas Cornell University AAAS American Physical Society NIST |
Doctoral advisor | Johann Benedict Listing |
Other academic advisors | Hermann von Helmholtz Gustav Kirchhoff[1] |
Doctoral students | Ernest Fox Nichols |
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