Edwin Hall
American physicist
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Edwin Herbert Hall was an American physicist, who discovered the electric field Hall effect. Hall conducted thermoelectric research and also wrote numerous physics textbooks and laboratory manuals. Wikipedia
Born: November 7, 1855, Gorham, ME
Died: November 20, 1938 (age 83 years), Cambridge, MA
Spouse: Caroline Eliza Bottum (m. 1882–1921)
Education: Johns Hopkins University, Bowdoin College, and Brunswick High School
Children: Frederic Hilborn Hall
Parents: Lucy Ann Hilborn Hall and Joshua Emery Hall
Doctoral advisor: Henry Augustus Rowland