Edwin Hall | |
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.jpg) Edwin Herbert Hall (1855-1938) | |
| Born | November 7, 1855 Gorham, Maine, U.S. |
| Died | November 20, 1938 (aged 83) Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Alma mater | |
| Known for | Hall effect |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physicist |
| Institutions | Harvard University |
| Doctoral advisor | Henry Augustus Rowland |
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.