Sir Owen Willans Richardson, FRS was a British physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1928 for his work on thermionic emission, which led to Richardson's law. Wikipedia
Born: April 26, 1879, Dewsbury, United Kingdom
Died: February 15, 1959 (age 79 years), Alton, United Kingdom
Education: University of Cambridge, University College London, King's College London, and more
Partner: Henriette Rupp and Lilian Wilson
Awards: Fellow of the Royal Society (1913), Royal Medal (1930), Nobel Prize in Physics (1928), and more
Research interests: Social Insects, Animal Behavior, Behavioural Ecology, and more