Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03

Norman Ramsey Biography and Timeline

Follow Norman Ramsey through 3 dated historical records for United States of America.

Norman Ramsey, historical timeline

A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.

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1950–1989Years on this page

1950

First Neutron EDM Measurement

Physicist · Oak Ridge · Science / Physics

With Smith and Purcell, measures a stringent early limit on the neutron electric dipole moment.

1957

Neutron EDM Result Published

Physicist · United States of America · Science / Physics

Publishes the first-generation experimental limit on the neutron electric dipole moment.

1989

Nobel Prize

Stockholm · Science / Physics

Shares the Nobel Prize in Physics for the separated oscillatory fields method and its use in atomic precision measurements.

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