Edwin Hall
Edwin Hall | |
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| Born | Edwin Herbert Hall November 7, 1855 Gorham, Maine, U.S. |
| Died | November 20, 1938 (aged 83) Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Alma mater | |
| Known for | Hall effect (1879) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | Harvard University (1895–1921) |
| Doctoral advisor | Henry Augustus Rowland |
| 6th Rumford Professor of Physics | |
| In office 1914–1921 | |
| Preceded by | John Trowbridge |
| Succeeded by | G. W. Pierce |
Edwin Herbert Hall (November 7, 1855 – November 20, 1938) was an American physicist who discovered the electric field Hall effect. Hall conducted thermoelectric research and also wrote numerous physics textbooks and laboratory manuals.