McFarland, Ross Armstrong, 1901-1976

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Ross McFarland is regarded as the father of human factors in aviation. A researcher at the Fatigue Laboratory at Harvard University in the 1930s and 1940s, McFarland joined the faculty of Harvard School of Public Health in 1947, and later became the first occupant of the Florence and Daniel Guggenheim Chair of Aerospace Health and Safety at Harvard. He was involved in many areas of research and maintained a broad range of interests throughout his career.

From the description of Ross A. McFarland collection in aerospace medicine and human factors engineering. 1849-1983. (Wright State University). WorldCat record id: 22343302
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referencedIn Carmichael, Leonard, 1898-1973. Papers, ca. 1917-1973. American Philosophical Society Library
referencedIn Leonard Carmichael Papers, 1898-1973, Circa 1917-1973 American Philosophical Society
referencedIn Hench, Philip S., 1896-1965. Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection, 1806-1995, bulk 1863-1974 Historical Collections, Claude Moore Health Sciences Library, University of Virginia
referencedIn Harvard University Archives Photograph Collection: Portraits, ca. 1852-ca. 2004 Harvard University Archives.
referencedIn McFarland, Ross Armstrong, 1901-1976. Ross A. McFarland collection in aerospace medicine and human factors engineering. Wright State University, Paul Laurence Dunbar Medical Collection
referencedIn Oswald Garrison Villard papers Houghton Library
referencedIn Harvard School of Public Health Buildings and Grounds, Interiors, and Subjects. Images, ca. 1937-1964. Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine
creatorOf McFarland, Ross Armstrong, 1901-1976. International High Altitude Expedition, 1935 [videorecording]. University of California, San Diego, UC San Diego Library; UCSD Library
creatorOf McFarland, Ross Armstrong, 1901-1976. Ross A. McFarland collection in aerospace medicine and human factors engineering. Wright State University, Paul Laurence Dunbar Medical Collection
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associatedWith Carmichael, Leonard, 1898-1973. person
associatedWith Carter, Henry Rose, 1852-1925 person
associatedWith Dill, David Bruce, 1891- person
associatedWith Fordham Health Sciences Library (Wright State University). corporateBody
associatedWith Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine. Center for the History of Medicine. corporateBody
associatedWith Hench, Philip S. (Philip Showalter), 1896-1965 person
associatedWith International High Altitude Expedition to Chile (1935). corporateBody
associatedWith Kean, Jefferson Randolph, 1860-1950 person
associatedWith Lazear, Jesse William, 1866-1900 person
associatedWith McFarland, Emily. person
associatedWith McFarland, Ross A., 1901-1976. person
associatedWith Reed, Walter, 1851-1902 person
associatedWith United States. Army corporateBody
correspondedWith Villard, Oswald Garrison, 1872-1949 person
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