
University Of Chicago Physicists

by Science Photo Library
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University Of Chicago Physicists
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Science Photo Library
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University of Chicago physicists and professors, seated in 1908 at the entrance to the university's Ryerson Physical Laboratory in Chicago, Illinois, USA. In the back row, from left: Albert Abraham Michelson (1852-1931), Robert Andrews Millikan (1868-1953) and Henry Gordon Gale (1874-1942). Seated in front is Carl Kinsley (1870-1959). Michelson and Millikan were awarded the 1907 and 1923 Nobel Prize in Physics respectively. Gale, an astrophysicist, edited the 'Astrophysical Journal' from 1912 to 1940. Kinsley, an electrical engineer, worked at the university from 1894 to 1917. Photographed on 12 June 1908 by Marguerite O'Loghlin Crowe.
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July 24th, 2016
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