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Louis Essen
Louis Essen OBE FRS (6 September 1908 – 24 August 1997) was an English physicist whose most notable achievements were in the precise measurement of time and the determination of the speed of light. He was a critic of Albert Einstein's theory of relativity, particularly as it related to time dilation.
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Born
(1908-09-06)6 September 1908Nottingham, England, UK
Died
24 August 1997(1997-08-24) (aged 88)Great Bookham, Surrey, England, UK
Awards
Fellow of the Royal Society (1960)A.S. Popov Gold Medal from the USSR Academy of Sciences (1959)Order of the British Empire (1959)Rabi Award of the IEEE UFFC (1987)
Fields
physics
Known for
The atomic clock/speed of light
Doctoral advisor
D. W. Dye