Helen Wright Collection on George Ellery Hale, 1887-1972
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Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924
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Woodrow Wilson (b. Thomas Woodrow Wilson, December 28, 1856, Staunton, Virginia-d.February 3, 1924, Washington, D.C.), was the twenty-eight President of the United States, 1913-1921; Governor of New Jersey, 1911-1913; and president of Princeton University, 1902-1910. Biographical Note 1856, Dec. 28 Born, Staunton, Va. 1870 ...
Brashear, John A. (John Alfred), 1840-1920
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Dr. Brashear was born in Brownsville, Pa. He studied science and became director of the Allegheny Observatory. He also served as Chancellor for the Western University of Pennsylvania. He was a member of several scientific and astronomical societies. From the description of John Alfred Brashear papers 1872-1915. (Historical Society of W Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 39397488 ...
Rutherford, Ernest, 1871-1937
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Ernest Rutherford was a British physicist. From the description of Correspondence, 1890-1937. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 173465954 From the guide to the Ernest Rutherford correspondence, 1890-1937, 1890-1937, (American Philosophical Society) Ernest Rutherford was a physicist and was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1904. From the description of Letters, 1904-1924, to Bertram Borden Boltwood. (American Philosophical Society Library). W...
Millikan, Robert Andrews, 1868-1953
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Physicist (photoelectricity, ions) and educator. On the physics faculty at the University of Chicago, 1896-1921; on the faculty at California Institute of Technology: director, Norman Bridge Laboratory of Physics and chairman of the Executive Council, 1921-1946, emeritus professor of physics and chairman of the Board of Trustees from 1946; Nobel Prize in physics, 1923. From the description of Papers [microform], 1847-1953. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 77594601 Millikan was...
Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955
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Noyes, Arthur A. (Arthur Amos), 1866-1936
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Chemist. California Institute of Technology. From the description of Papers. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81949082 ...
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919
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Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919) was an American industrialist and philanthropist. From the description of Carnegie autograph collection, 1867-1945. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122682758 From the guide to the Carnegie autograph collection, 1867-1945, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) Andrew Carnegie was an industrialist and philanthropist. From the description of Address of Mr. Andrew Carnegie before the Pitt...
Wright, Helen, 1914- ; Hale, George E., 1868-1938
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Biography The daughter of George Ellery Hale's colleague, Frederick Wright, Helen Wright was born in 1914. Following the death of George Ellery Hale in 1938, the National Academy of Sciences urged that a comprehensive biography be written. However, it was not until 1951 that Helen Wright was commisioned to pen the work. Although she worked industriously on the project, the biography was not completed until 1966. Six years later, she co-author...
Larmor, Joseph, 1857-1942
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Physicist. Fellow of the Royal Society. From the description of Letters to Lord Rayleigh, 1896-1917. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155003828 Educated at Queen's College, Belfast and St. John's College Cambridge. Professor of natural philosophy, Queen's Colege Galway 1880-1885. Lecturer in mathematics, University of Cambridge 1885-1903. Lucasian professor of mathematics at Cambridge 1903. F. R. S. 1892. Royal Medal 1915. Copley Medal 1921. Secretary of Royal Society 1901. M....
