Glenn Allan Millikan

Glenn Allan Millikan
Born(1906-05-23)May 23, 1906
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
DiedMay 25, 1947(1947-05-25) (aged 41)
Fall Creek Falls State Park, Tennessee, U.S.
EducationHarvard University
University of Cambridge
Known forInvention of practical Oximeter
FatherRobert Andrews Millikan
Scientific career
FieldsOximetry
InstitutionsVanderbilt University
Doctoral advisorSir Joseph Bancroft
Lord Adrian

Glenn Allan Millikan (May 23, 1906 – May 25, 1947) was an American physiologist, inventor and mountaineer. Millikan invented the first practical, portable oximeter in 1940–1942. The Millikan oximeter "is generally acknowledged as the beginning of oximetry in physiology and clinical medicine." The word oximeter was introduced by Millikan.

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