Owen Willans Richardson

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Owen_Willans_Richardson

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:person gptkb:physicist
gptkbp:almaMater	gptkb:Trinity_College,_Cambridge
gptkbp:awardReceived	gptkb:Hughes_Medal gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics gptkb:Royal_Medal gptkb:Rumford_Medal
gptkbp:birthDate	1879-04-26
gptkbp:birthPlace	gptkb:Dewsbury
gptkbp:children	gptkb:Harriet_Richardson
gptkbp:deathDate	1959-02-15
gptkbp:deathPlace	gptkb:Alton,_Hampshire
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor	gptkb:J._J._Thomson
gptkbp:field	physics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Owen Willans Richardson
gptkbp:knownFor	gptkb:Richardson's_law thermionic emission
gptkbp:memberOf	gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:nationality	British
gptkbp:NobelPrizeMotivation	for his work on the thermionic phenomenon and especially for the discovery of the law named after him
gptkbp:NobelPrizeYear	1928
gptkbp:occupation	gptkb:professor
gptkbp:residence	gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:spouse	gptkb:Lilian_Wilson
gptkbp:workInstitution	gptkb:King's_College_London gptkb:Princeton_University gptkb:University_College_London
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:J._J._Thomson gptkb:Joseph_John_Thomson gptkb:Owen_Richardson gptkb:Sir_J.J._Thomson gptkb:Sir_Owen_Richardson
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5