Willis Eugene Lamb Jr.

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

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater	gptkb:University_of_California,_Berkeley
gptkbp:awardReceived	gptkb:Albert_A._Michelson_Medal gptkb:National_Medal_of_Science gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics gptkb:Rumford_Prize
gptkbp:birthDate	1913-07-12
gptkbp:birthPlace	gptkb:Los_Angeles,_California,_United_States
gptkbp:deathDate	2008-05-15
gptkbp:deathPlace	gptkb:Tucson,_Arizona,_United_States
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor	gptkb:J._Robert_Oppenheimer
gptkbp:doctoralStudent	gptkb:Daniel_Kleppner gptkb:Nicolas_Bloembergen
gptkbp:employer	gptkb:Columbia_University gptkb:Stanford_University gptkb:University_of_Arizona gptkb:University_of_California,_Berkeley gptkb:University_of_Oxford gptkb:Yale_University
gptkbp:field	physics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Willis Eugene Lamb Jr.
gptkbp:knownFor	gptkb:Lamb_shift
gptkbp:memberOf	gptkb:American_Physical_Society gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:nationality	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:NobelPrizeMotivation	for his discoveries concerning the fine structure of the hydrogen spectrum
gptkbp:NobelPrizeYear	1955
gptkbp:occupation	gptkb:physicist
gptkbp:religion	atheism
gptkbp:residence	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:signature	Willis Eugene Lamb signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse	gptkb:Brigitte_S._Lamb gptkb:Mary_Elizabeth_Ferry gptkb:Ursula_Schaefer
gptkbp:thesisTitle	gptkb:Theory_of_the_Fine_Structure_of_the_Hydrogen_Atom
gptkbp:thesisYear	1938
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Willis_E._Lamb
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4