Orso Mario Corbino

Orso Mario Corbino
Minister of Economy
In office 5 July 1923 – 1 July 1924
Prime Minister	Benito Mussolini
Preceded by	Teofilo Rossi
Succeeded by	Cesare Nava
Minister of Public Education
In office 4 July 1921 – 22 February 1922
Prime Minister	Ivanoe Bonomi
Preceded by	Benedetto Croce
Succeeded by	Alessandro Casati
Member of the Senate of the Kingdom
In office 3 October 1920 – 23 January 1937
Appointed by	Victor Emmanuel III
Personal details
Born	(1876-04-30)30 April 1876 Augusta, Sicily, Kingdom of Italy
Died	23 January 1937(1937-01-23) (aged 60) Rome, Kingdom of Italy
Political party	Italian Liberal Party
Alma mater	University of Palermo
Profession	Physicist
Known for	Corbino effect
Awards	Matteucci Medal (1909) Mussolini Science Prize (1933)
Scientific career
Institutions	University of Messina University of Rome

Orso Mario Corbino (30 April 1876 – 23 January 1937) was an Italian physicist and politician.^[1] He is noted for his studies of the influence of external magnetic fields on the motion of electrons in metals and he discovered the Corbino effect. He served as Minister for education in 1921–1922 and as Minister for National Economy in 1923–1924. He also served as professor of the University of Messina (1905) and of the University of Rome (1908). He was also the supervisor of the Via Panisperna boys (including Enrico Fermi).