Wayne B. Nottingham

Wayne Buckles Nottingham
Portrait 1937
Born(1899-04-17)17 April 1899
Died4 December 1964(1964-12-04) (aged 65)
Alma materPrinceton University
Known forNottingham gauge
Nottingham effect
Scientific career
FieldsSolid state physics
InstitutionsMIT
Thesis Normal arc characteristic curves: Dependence on absolute temperature of anode  (1929)
Doctoral advisorKarl Taylor Compton

Wayne B. Nottingham (17 April 1899 – 4 December 1964) was a US physics professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), specialized on electronics, field electron emission, thermionics, photoelectrics and low pressure equipment.