Published “Planetary boundaries: Guiding human development on a changing planet” in Science — cited 9,296 times.
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Owen Willans Richardson
Sir Owen Willans Richardson was a British physicist who received the 1928 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on thermionic emission and for the discovery of Richardson's law.
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science · British physicist (1879–1959) · physicist · university teacher · theoretical physicist · also Owen Willans Richardson, Owen Richardson, Sir Owen Richardson, Sir Owen Willans Richardson, Richardson
Born 26 April 1879 · Died 15 February 1959 · Q169330
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Published “<i>PHENIX</i>: a comprehensive Python-based system for macromolecular structure solution” in Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography — cited 23,618 times.
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2009· 2 entries
Published “A safe operating space for humanity” in Nature — cited 9,762 times.
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Published “<i>MolProbity</i>: all-atom structure validation for macromolecular crystallography” in Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography — cited 13,869 times.
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2001· 1 entry
Published “Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome” in Nature — cited 18,636 times.
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2000· 1 entry
Published “Gene Ontology: tool for the unification of biology” in Nature Genetics — cited 36,993 times.
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1996· 1 entry
Published “Evidence based medicine: what it is and what it isn't” in BMJ — cited 11,114 times.
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1991· 1 entry
Published “The Timed “Up & Go”: A Test of Basic Functional Mobility for Frail Elderly Persons” in Journal of the American Geriatrics Society — cited 12,026 times.
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1959· 1 entry
Died 1959-02-15.
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1945· 1 entry
Was remarried in 1948 to Henriette Rupp, a physicist, previously married to Emil Rupp
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1931· 1 entry
Awarded Silliman Memorial Lectures (1931).
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1930· 1 entry
Won Royal Medal (1930).
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1928· 2 entries
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics — for his work on the thermionic phenomenon and especially for the discovery of the law named after him.
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Awarded Nobel Prize in Physics (1928).
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1924· 1 entry
Career landmark: director (1924–1944).
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1920· 1 entry
Won Hughes Medal (1920).
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1914· 1 entry
Career landmark: university teacher (1914–1924).
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1906· 2 entries
Richardson married Lilian Maud Wilson, the sister of his Cavendish colleague, Harold Albert Wilson
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Richardson was appointed Professor of Physics at Princeton University in the United States, a position he held until 1913
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1900· 1 entry
Richardson began researching the emission of electricity from hot bodies in the Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge
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1897· 1 entry
Where he gained First Class Honours in Natural Science in 1900 and was elected a Fellow in 1902
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1879· 1 entry
Born 1879-04-26.
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