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Orso Mario Corbino

Orso Mario Corbino, Italian physicist and politician (died 1937)

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Born
April 30, 1876
Died
January 23, 1937
Zodiac sign
Taurus
Birth year
1876

About Orso Mario Corbino

Orso Mario Corbino was an Italian physicist and politician. He is noted for his studies of the influence of external magnetic fields on the motion of electrons in metals and he discovered the Corbino effect. He served as Minister for education in 1921–1922 and as Minister for National Economy in 1923–1924. He also served as professor of the University of Messina (1905) and of the University of Rome (1908). He was also the supervisor of the Via Panisperna boys. In 1909, Corbino won the Matteucci Medal for his contributions to physics. In 1911 he discovered the Corbino effect, a variant of the Hall effect. In 1936, he founded the Institute of Electroacoustics of the National Research Council, in Via Panisperna.

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Orso Mario Corbino timeline

  1. In 1909, Corbino won the Matteucci Medal for his contributions to physics.
  2. In 1911 he discovered the Corbino effect, a variant of the Hall effect.
  3. In 1936, he founded the Institute of Electroacoustics of the National Research Council, in Via Panisperna.

The world when Orso Mario Corbino was born

Orso Mario Corbino was born in 1876. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentFirst National League baseball season
  • Top headlineBattle of Little Bighorn — Custer's Last Stand
  • Technology milestoneAlexander Graham Bell patents the telephone
  • Notable inventionTelephone
  • World population~1.56B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderUlysses S. Grant
  • U.S. population43.4M

1876 versus 2026

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Measure18762026
Population43.4M341 million

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