John William Nicholson
Died aged 73ScorpioUnited Kingdom
Biography
John William Nicholson, FRS (1 November 1881 – 3 October 1955) was an English mathematician and physicist. Nicholson is noted as the first to create an atomic model that quantized angular momentum as h/2π. Nicholson was also the first to create a nuclear and quantum theory that explains spectral line radiation as electrons descend toward the nucleus, identifying hitherto unknown solar and nebular spectral lines. Niels Bohr quoted him in his 1913 paper of the Bohr model of the atom.
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Family
- Spouse(s)
- Dorothy Maud Wrinch
Awards & honours (2)
- Fellow of the Royal Society
- Adams Prize
Quick answers about John William Nicholson
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- John William Nicholson died on October 3, 1955 at the age of 73.
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- John William Nicholson was born on November 1, 1881.
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- John William Nicholson was born in Darlington.
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- John William Nicholson's zodiac sign is Scorpio.
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- John William Nicholson is a citizen of United Kingdom.
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- John William Nicholson is known as mathematician, university teacher, scientist, physicist.
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- According to Wikidata, John William Nicholson's spouse is or was Dorothy Maud Wrinch.
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