Create
Log in
Sign up
Golden has been acquired by ComplyAdvantage.
Read about it here ⟶
Charles H. Townes
American physicist.
Overview
Structured Data
Issues
Contributors
Activity
Access by API
Access by API
Is a
Academic
Person
Awards Received
1976 National Inventors Hall of Fame Inductee
1964 Nobel Prize in Physics
Citizenship
United States
Birthdate
July 28, 1915
Date of Death
January 27, 2015
Doctoral Advisor
William Smythe (physicist)
Doctoral Students
Patrick Thaddeus
0
Robert G. Shulman
Ali Javan
Raymond Chiao
Elsa M. Garmire
Helmut W. Schulz
Robert W. Boyd
James P. Gordon
John Monnier
0
Dan Watson
0
Educated at
Greenville High School (Greenville, South Carolina)
California Institute of Technology
Furman University
Duke University
Location
United States
Notable Work
Maser
Occupation
Scientist
Physicist
Birthplace
Greenville, South Carolina
Place of Death
Oakland, California
Wikidata ID
Q184566
Find more people like Charles H. Townes
Use the Golden Query Tool to discover related individuals, professionals, or experts with similar interests, expertise, or connections in the Knowledge Graph.
Open Query Tool
Access by API
Company
Home
Press & Media
Blog
Careers
WE'RE HIRING
Products
Knowledge Graph
Query Tool
Data Requests
Knowledge Storage
API
Pricing
Enterprise
ChatGPT Plugin
Legal
Terms of Service
Enterprise Terms of Service
Privacy Policy
Help
Help center
API Documentation
Contact Us
SUBSCRIBE