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Louis Essen
English physicist who invented the caesium atomic clock and determined the speed of light (1908-1997) · United Kingdom · On the map · Scientists · Died at 88
Louis Essen OBE FRS was an English physicist whose most notable achievements were in the precise measurement of time and the determination of the speed of light. He was a critic of Albert Einstein's theory of relativity, particularly as it related to time dilation.
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1997Died24 August 19971987I. I. Rabi AwardAward1960Fellow of the Royal SocietyAward1959Officer of the Order of the British EmpireAward1908Born6 September 1908
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United Kingdom
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Scientists
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Scientist
Status
Deceased
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Lived 1908 to 1997 · aged 88
