About Robert Bowie Owens
Lived 1870 – 1940 (aged 70). Robert Bowie Owens was an American electrical engineer.
Robert Bowie Owens (October 29, 1870 – November 3, 1940) was a U.S. electrical engineer. He was the director of the Maryland Academy of Science. He was secretary of Franklin Institute from 1910 to 1924. He is credited as a discoverer of the alpha ray. along with Rutherford and his student Harriet Brooks.
Owens served as an officer in World War I, alongside General John J. Pershing.
He died on November 3, 1940.
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Who was Robert Bowie Owens?
American electrical engineer
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Robert Bowie Owens was born on 29 October 1870.
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Robert Bowie Owens died on 3 November 1940.
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Robert Bowie Owens was an electrical engineer.
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