John William Nicholson
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John William Nicholson, FRS[1] (1 November 1881 – 3 October 1955) was an English mathematician and physicist. Nicholson is noted as the first to create an atomic model that quantized angular momentum as h/2π.[2][3] Nicholson was also the first to create a nuclear and quantum theory that explains spectral line radiation as electrons descend toward the nucleus, identifying hitherto unknown solar and nebular spectral lines.[4][5] Niels Bohr quoted him in his 1913 paper of the Bohr model of the atom.[6]
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Born | (1881-11-01)1 November 1881 |
Died | 3 October 1955(1955-10-03) (aged 73) |
Nationality | Great Britain |
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Fields | Mathematician |
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