Robert Bowie Owens

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American electrical engineer

United StatesLived 1870 to 1940 · aged 70

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Robert Bowie Owens was a U.S. electrical engineer. He was the director of the Maryland Academy of Science. He was secretary of Franklin Institute from 1910 to 1924. He is credited as a discoverer of the alpha ray.

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Robert Bowie Owens (photo taken May 19, 1915)

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United States

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deceased

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Lived 1870 to 1940 · aged 70

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