History of Department of Physics, University of Minnesota / [Henry A. Erikson]. [1939]
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University of Minnesota. Dept. of Physics.
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The department of physics began at the University of Minnesota in 1889 when Frederick S. Jones was hired as professor of physics. In 1902, the first physical laboratory, now Jones Hall, was completed. The current physics laboratory building was built in 1928 and renamed the Tate Laboratory of Physics in 1963. In 1956, the department of physics in the College of Science, Literature and the Arts was raised to the status of a school and transferred to the Institute of Technology. In 19...
Erikson, Henry A. (Henry Anton), 1869-
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Erikson died in 1957. From the description of A history of the Department of Physics at the University of Minnesota, 1870-1938. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78113868 Henry A. Erikson, B.E.E. (1896), Ph.D. (1908) University of Minnesota. Professor and chair of the department of physics at the University of Minnesota (1915-1938). Known for his research on the ionization of gases. Henry Anton Erikson was born on July 30, 1869 in Mount Morris, Wisconsin. He attended the Univer...
