Robert Andrews Millikan

Robert Andrews Millikan (March 22, 1868 – December 19, 1953) was an American professor of experimental physicist. He won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1923 for his method of accurately measuring the electric charge through the Millikan oil drop experiment and for his work of the photoelectric effect. He was also the researcher on cosmic radiation.

 Education 
Millikan received the first-class bachelor's degree from Oberlin College in 1891 and a doctorate in physics from Columbia University in 1895. He was the first person to receive a doctorate from this university.

 References and further reading 

 Books 

 Waller, John, "Einstein's Luck: The Truth Behind Some of the Greatest Scientific Discoveries". Oxford University Press, 2003. ISBN 0-19-860719-9
 Physics paper On the Elementary Electrical Charge and the Avogadro Constant (extract) http://www.aip.org/history/gap/ 

 Other websites 

 "Famous Iowans," by Tom Longdon  
 Illustrated Millikan biography Retrieved from Internet Archive on March 30, 2007

Category:Columbia University alumni
Category:California Institute of Technology faculty
Category:American physicists
Category:American Nobel Prize winners
Category:Nobel Prize in Physics winners
Category:1953 deaths
Category:1868 births