Orso Mario Corbino | |
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Minister of Economy | |
In office 5 July 1923 – 1 July 1924 | |
Prime Minister | Benito Mussolini |
Preceded by | Teofilo Rossi |
Succeeded by | Cesare Nava |
Minister of Public Education | |
In office 4 July 1921 – 22 February 1922 | |
Prime Minister | Ivanoe Bonomi |
Preceded by | Benedetto Croce |
Succeeded by | Alessandro Casati |
Member of the Senate of the Kingdom | |
In office 3 October 1920 – 23 January 1937 | |
Appointed by | Victor Emmanuel III |
Personal details | |
Born | Augusta, Sicily, Kingdom of Italy | 30 April 1876
Died | 23 January 1937 (aged 60) Rome, Kingdom of Italy |
Political party | Italian Liberal Party |
Alma mater | University of Palermo |
Profession | Physicist |
Known for | Corbino effect |
Awards | Matteucci Medal (1909) Mussolini Science Prize (1933) |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | University of Messina University of Rome |
Orso Mario Corbino (30 April 1876 – 23 January 1937) was an Italian physicist and politician.[1] He is noted for his studies of the influence of external magnetic fields on the motion of electrons in metals and he discovered the Corbino effect. He served as Minister for education in 1921–1922 and as Minister for National Economy in 1923–1924. He also served as professor of the University of Messina (1905) and of the University of Rome (1908). He was also the supervisor of the Via Panisperna boys (including Enrico Fermi).