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Luke Chia-Liu Yuan

Chinese American physicist1912 to 2003

Wikidata names Robert Andrews Millikan as doctoral advisor. Linked to Wikidata.

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Robert Andrews Millikan

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stated by WikidataRobert Andrews Millikan
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stated by WikidataAlbert Abraham Michelsonstated by WikidataOgden Rood
3 steps up
stated by WikidataHermann von Helmholtz
4 steps up
stated by WikidataJohannes Peter Müller

Education and career3

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California Institute of Technology
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University of California, Berkeley
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Yenching University
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At a glance

known as: physicist
awards: Guggenheim Fellowship, 1958, Honorary doctor at the Nanjing University, 1986
member of: Academia Sinica, Committee of 100
Wikipedia: in 5 languages

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Read on 16 October 2026. A citation names the day the record was read, not a version.

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@misc{academicancestry_Q6701881,
  author = {{Academic Ancestry}},
  title = {{Luke Chia-Liu Yuan: advisors and students}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://academicancestry.org/person/Q6701881},
  note = {read on 2026-10-16}
}

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Academic Ancestry. (2026, October 16). Luke Chia-Liu Yuan: Advisors and students [Read on 2026-10-16]. https://academicancestry.org/person/Q6701881