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Which university did Richardson attend for his undergraduate studies?

  • University of Leeds

  • Oxford University

  • Cambridge University

  • Imperial College London

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The University of Leeds is the alma mater of renowned physicist Owen Willans Richardson, who laid the groundwork for the field of thermionic emission, earning him the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1928. Richardson's undergraduate education at the University of Leeds from 1898 to 1900 set the stage for his groundbreaking discoveries and contributions to the understanding of thermionic currents.
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