Events involving this person
Robert Millikan repeatedly assumes future greatness
Description
A newspaperman told Neville that the scientist Robert Millikan had, while still poor, condensed his dream of greatness into a present-tense statement and repeated it until it filled his mind.
Persons
Authored by
Anonymous (not verified)
Date (happened)
- c. 0 (probable)
- before 1958 (possible)
- before 14 January 1958 (doubtful)
Told
14 January 1958(refuted)- July 1951 (probable)
Sources
- Source: Be What You Wish, Be What You Believe ΒΆ1 (A newspaperman related to me that our great scientist, Robert Millikan, once told him that he had set a goal for himself at an early age when he was still very poor and unproven in the great work he was to do in the future.)