Arthur Williams Wright

Arthur Williams Wright (1836 – December 19, 1915) was an American physicist, born at Lebanon, Conn. He graduated at Yale in 1859 and became an instructor in the Sheffield Scientific School in 1867–1868. He studied in Heidelberg and Berlin in 1868–1869; was professor of physics and chemistry in Williams College in 1869–1872; and at Yale served as professor of molecular physics and chemistry in 1871–1887, and thenceforth until his retirement in 1906 as professor of experimental physics. He contributed numerous scientific papers, chiefly on astronomical and electrical subjects, to various publications and became a fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society of Great Britain and a member of the National Academy of Science. He did much to make the X-Ray of practical use.

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