Edwin Hall | |
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Born | Gorham, Maine, U.S. | November 7, 1855
Died | November 20, 1938 Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. | (aged 83)
Alma mater | |
Known for | Hall effect |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Physicist |
Institutions | Harvard University |
Doctoral advisor | Henry Augustus Rowland |
Edwin Herbert Hall (November 7, 1855 – November 20, 1938) was an American physicist, who discovered the electric field Hall effect. Hall conducted thermoelectric research and also wrote numerous physics textbooks and laboratory manuals.