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Frank Perkins Whitman

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Frank Perkins Whitman
Born29 July 1853 Edit this on Wikidata
Troy Edit this on Wikidata
Died15 June 1919 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 65)
Cleveland Edit this on Wikidata
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OccupationPhysicist Edit this on Wikidata
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Frank Perkins Whitman (1853–1919), was an American physicist

Biography

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Whitman was born in Troy, New York on July 29, 1853. He was graduated at Brown University in 1874 and took his A.M. there in 1877, later studying at Johns Hopkins University. He was professor of physics at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, in 1880–1886, and from 1886 occupied the same position at the Western Reserve University. He was a contributor to scientific periodicals.[1]

Notes

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  1. ^ Rines 1920, p. 280.

References

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  • This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainRines, George Edwin, ed. (1920). "Whitman, Frank Perkins" . Encyclopedia Americana. p. 280.