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Robert Millikan 1868-1953 Discovery:1910 . aRobert Millikan was born in Illinois. In1886 he entered Oberlin College. He received his Master’s Degree 1893. He made many discoveries concerning molecular physics. He verified Einstein’s photoelectric equation through experiments  Discovered the charge of an electron in 1910.He also proved that this quantity was a constant for all electrons thus demonstrating the atomic structure of electricity. Millikan put an end to all opposition to the atomic and kinetic theories of matter, and also in the early 1920's Millikan worked with the hot spark spectroscopy thus extending the ultraviolet spectrum downwards beyond what was commonly known.