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more general categories information about this item 10. Noble Prize 10. Noble Prize Physics (209) 11. Award Year 11. Award Year 1950s (72) 1955 (5) 12. Winner Type 12. Winner Type Person (904) 13. Gender 13. Gender Male (853) 14. Birth Year 14. Birth Year 1910s (117) 1913 (9) 15. Place of Birth 15. Place of Birth North America (290) United States (268) Western states (27) California (16) Los Angeles (3) 16. Death Year 16. Death Year 2000s (70) 2008 (8) 17. Place of Death 17. Place of Death North America (223) United States (214) Southwestern states (10) Arizona (4) Tucson (3) 19. Given Name 19. Given Name S-Z (143) W (48) 20. Family Name 20. Family Name L-R (258) L (47) 23. Religion 23. Religion z-Missing value reason (465) Source data not available (465) 24. Age at Award Time 24. Age at Award Time 40 - 49 (140) 43 (15) 32. Occupations 32. Occupations Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations (601) Physical Scientists (333) Astronomers and Physicists (222) Physicists (206) 34. Citizens 34. Citizens North America (328) United States (307) 37. Worked for College or University 37. Worked for College or University North America (309) United States (303) Western states (85) California (81) Stanford (22) Stanford University (22) 42. Affilliation with College or University 42. Affilliation with College or University Asia (71) Asia, northeast (34) Japan (33) Kyoto (18) Kyoto University (18) Short-term academic staff (9) Europe (535) Europe, western (390) United Kingdom (235) Oxford (69) University of Oxford (69) Long-term academic staff (16) North America (529) United States (521) Northeastern states (374) Connecticut (61) New Haven (61) Yale University (61) Long-term academic staff (28) Massachusetts (226) Cambridge (217) Harvard (159) Short-term academic staff (75) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (93) Short-term academic staff (38) New York (216) New York City (168) Columbia University (96) Long-term academic staff (33) Western states (262) California (253) Stanford (83) Stanford University (83) Long-term academic staff (46) University of California (159) Berkeley (107) University of California, Berkeley (107) Alumni (34) 44. Memberships 44. Memberships A-D (656) A (635) American Academy of Arts and Sciences (531) American Physical Society (113) E-P (571) N (352) National Academy of Sciences (334) 45. Other Awards 45. Other Awards E-F (439) E (135) Einstein Prize for Laser Science (6) F (394) Fellow of the American Physical Society (107) Fellow of the Optical Society (14) I-J (268) J (208) John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship (102) M-N (333) N (205) National Medal of Science (101) Q-Z (398) R (196) Rumford Prize (16) complete name: Willis Eugene Lamb nobel prize: physics award year: 1955 together with: Polykarp Kusch prize share: Prize share: 1/2 rational: The Nobel Prize in Physics 1955 was divided equally between Willis Eugene Lamb "for his discoveries concerning the fine structure of the hydrogen spectrum" and Polykarp Kusch "for his precision determination of the magnetic moment of the electron." biography: Biography laureate facts: Facts laureate lecture: Lecture given name: Willis family name: Lamb occupation: physicist occupation: university teacher field of work: physics work location: Harvard University, Massachusetts Hall, Cambridge, MA, 02138, United States of America description: Willis Eugene Lamb was an American physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1955 "for his discoveries concerning the fine structure of the hydrogen spectrum." The Nobel Committee that year awarded half the prize to Lamb and the other half to Polykarp Kusch, who won "for his precision determination of the magnetic moment of the electron." Lamb was able to determine precisely a surprising shift in electron energies in a hydrogen atom (see Lamb shift). Lamb was a professor at the University of Arizona College of Optical Sciences. image copyright: Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. image citation: The Nobel Prize in Physics 1955. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1955/summary/> date birth: 1913 date death: 2008 usual name: Willis Lamb
