Background
Richardson, Owen Willans was born on April 26, 1879 in Dewsbury, England. Son of Joshua and Charlotte Maria (Willans) Richardson.
Richardson, Owen Willans was born on April 26, 1879 in Dewsbury, England. Son of Joshua and Charlotte Maria (Willans) Richardson.
Bachelor of Arts, University of Cambridge, England, 1900, Master of Arts, 1904. Bachelor of Science, University of London, 1900, Doctor of Science, 1903. Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, 1902-1908.
Professor physics, Princeton, 1906-1913. Director research physics Kings College, 1924-1944. Has made experimental discoveries fundamental to electronic and kinetic theories of matter.
Created Knight, 1939.
Fellow Royal Society London, Cambridge Philosophical Society, Physical Society London. Member American Philosophical Society, American Physical Society, Society Francaise de Physique (council).
Married Lilian Maud Wilson, June 12, 1906.