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Also Known As Robert Andrews Millikan
Born March 22, 1868 • Illinois
Died December 19, 1953 (aged 85) • San Marino • California
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize (1923)
Subjects Of Study Planck’s constant • electron charge • photoelectric effect

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