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Edward Mills Purcell Scientist

Edward Mills Purcell (August 30, 1912 – March 7, 1997) was an American physicist who shared the 1952 Nobel Prize for Physics for his independent discovery (published 1946) of nuclear magnetic resonance in liquids and in solids. Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) has become widely used to study the molecular structure of pure materials and the composition of mixtures.

Personal facts

Birth date	August 30, 1912
Birth place	Taylorville Illinois , United States
Nationality	United States
Date of death	March 07, 1997
Place of death	Cambridge Massachusetts , United States
Education	Purdue University Harvard University
Known for	Hydrogen line Smith–Purcell effect

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