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Wayne B. Nottingham

1899 – 1964

American physicist and engineer

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Lived 1899 – 1964 (aged 65). Wayne B. Nottingham was an American university teacher and physicist.

Wayne B. Nottingham (17 April 1899 – 4 December 1964) was a US physics professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Principal Investigator of the Research Laboratory of Electronics , specialized on electronics, field electron emission, thermionics, photoelectrics and low pressure equipment. The Nottingham effect in field electron emission is named after him.

Life Wayne Buckles Nottingham was born in Tipton, Indiana, United States in 1899.

He made his Bachelor of Science in Purdue University and in 1921 he went to Uppsala University in Sweden under a Benjamin Franklin Transatlantic fellowship by The American-Scandinavian Foundation. Upon his return he joined what later became the Bell Labs in New Jersey. The same year, he was also awarded the degree of electrical engineer by Purdue. and a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, the Optical Society of America and the American Physical Society (APS) in 1931.

The Wayne B. Nottingham Prize was established in 1966 in Nottingham's honor by the Physical Electronics Conference (PEC), awarded to best papers in electronics during the conference.

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Princeton University, Purdue University
Employers
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Bartol Research Institute
Awards
Fellow of the American Physical Society; Louis E. Levy Medal of the Franklin Institute
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Wayne Buckles Nottingham

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Who was Wayne B. Nottingham?

American physicist and engineer

When was Wayne B. Nottingham born?

Wayne B. Nottingham was born on 17 April 1899 in Tipton.

When did Wayne B. Nottingham die?

Wayne B. Nottingham died on 4 December 1964 in Bloemendaal.

What was Wayne B. Nottingham's occupation?

Wayne B. Nottingham was a university teacher and physicist.

What nationality was Wayne B. Nottingham?

Wayne B. Nottingham was American.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Wayne B. Nottingham

· Wikidata: Q33514910

· DBpedia: Wayne B. Nottingham

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