Edwin Hall

Edwin Hall
Edwin Herbert Hall (1855-1938)
Born	(1855-11-07)November 7, 1855 Gorham, Maine, U.S.
Died	November 20, 1938(1938-11-20) (aged 83) Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
Alma mater	Johns Hopkins University Bowdoin College
Known for	Hall effect
Scientific career
Fields	Physicist
Institutions	Harvard University
Doctoral advisor	Henry Augustus Rowland

Edwin Herbert Hall (November 7, 1855 – November 20, 1938) was an American physicist, who discovered the eponymous Hall effect. Hall conducted thermoelectric research and also wrote numerous physics textbooks and laboratory manuals.