Theodore Lyman (scientist)

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Theodore Lyman was an American physicist best known for discovering the Lyman series of ultraviolet spectral lines of hydrogen, which played a key role in the development of quantum theory.

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instanceOf American scientist ⓘ
human ⓘ
physicist ⓘ
spectroscopist ⓘ
affiliation Harvard College Observatory ⓘ
areaOfActivity United States ⓘ
awardReceived Rumford Prize ⓘ
contributedTo development of quantum theory ⓘ
understanding of atomic spectra ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
discovered Lyman series of hydrogen ⓘ
ultraviolet spectral lines of hydrogen ⓘ
educatedAt Harvard University ⓘ
employer Harvard University ⓘ
era 20th-century physics ⓘ
familyName Lyman ⓘ
fieldOfWork atomic physics ⓘ
physics ⓘ
spectroscopy ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName Theodore ⓘ
hasBibliographyItem Theodore Lyman, The Spectroscopy of the Extreme Ultra-Violet (monograph) ⓘ
hasInfluenced Niels Bohr’s atomic model ⓘ
early quantum mechanics ⓘ
inspired later spectroscopic studies of atoms ⓘ
knownFor Lyman series ⓘ
discovery of ultraviolet spectral lines of hydrogen ⓘ
work on ultraviolet spectroscopy ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf National Academy of Sciences ⓘ
name Theodore Lyman ⓘ
linked to: Theodore Lyman III
notableAchievement first systematic observation of hydrogen spectrum in the far ultraviolet ⓘ
notableWork Studies of the hydrogen spectrum in the ultraviolet ⓘ
The Spectroscopy of the Extreme Ultra-Violet ⓘ
occupation physicist ⓘ
university professor ⓘ
researchFocus atomic emission lines ⓘ
extreme ultraviolet spectrum ⓘ
studied hydrogen atom ⓘ
ultraviolet radiation ⓘ
studiedUnder at Harvard University (various mentors) ⓘ
workLocation Cambridge, Massachusetts ⓘ

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