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Willis Eugene Lamb
Full Name of the recipient | Willis Eugene Lamb |
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Award | Nobel Prize in Physics |
Year of Award | 1955 |
Share in Award | 50.0% |
Award Shared with | Polykarp Kusch (50.0%) |
Motivation for the Award | for his discoveries concerning the fine structure of the hydrogen spectrum |
Affiliation at the Time of Award | Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA |
Place of Birth | Los Angeles, CA, United States USA |
Date of Birth | 12 July 1913 |
Age at the time of Award | 41 years |
Place of Death | Tucson, AZ, United States USA |
Date of Death | 15 May 2008 |