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Owen Willans Richardson

1879 - 1959

Born

26 April 1879

Blenheim Terrace, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England

Died

15/02/1959

Chandos Lodge, Alton, Hampshire, England

Nationality
British
Gender
Male
Date of election for Royal Society fellowship
01/05/1913
Age at the time of election for Royal Society fellowship
32
Occupation
Physicist
Relationships
Parents: Joshua Henry Richardson, woollen manufacturer, andCharlotte Maria Willans. Spouse: 1) Lilian Maud (1875/6–1945), daughter of Albert William Wilson, goods manager to the North Eastern Railway Company at Darlington, and sister of his friend H. A. Wilson 2) Henrietta Maria Rupp (b. 1896/7), physicist and early observer of electron diffraction.