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Edward Mills Purcell

American physicist (1912-1997)

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Edward Mills Purcell was an American physicist who shared the 1952 Nobel Prize in Physics with Felix Bloch for his independent discovery of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) in liquids and in solids. NMR has become widely used to study the molecular structure of pure materials and the composition of mixtures. Friends and colleagues knew him as Ed Purcell.

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Born
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Place of birth
Taylorville wd
Died
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Place of death
Cambridge wd
Citizenship
United States wd
Occupation
physicist, nuclear physicist, university teacher wd
Education
Harvard University, Purdue University wd

Awards wd

  • Nobel Prize in Physics (1952)
  • Oersted Medal (1967)
  • National Medal of Science (1979)
  • Richtmyer Memorial Lecture Award (1953)
  • Beatrice M. Tinsley Prize (1988)
  • Max Delbrück Prize in Biological Physics (1984)
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1989)
  • Karl G. Jansky Lectureship (1976)

Questions

When was Edward Mills Purcell born?
Edward Mills Purcell was born on 30 August 1912 in Taylorville.
Where did Edward Mills Purcell study?
Edward Mills Purcell was educated at Harvard University, Purdue University.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia (English): Edward Mills Purcell · CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. Wikidata item Q183270 · CC0 1.0
  3. Image: Edward Mills Purcell.jpg by Unknown author Unknown author (Public domain)

Last updated · facts checked 6 November 2026

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