Frank Perkins Whitman (1853–1919), was an American physicist
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Born | 29 July 1853 ![]() Troy ![]() |
Died | 15 June 1919 ![]() Cleveland ![]() |
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Occupation | Physicist ![]() |
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Biography
editWhitman 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
edit- ^ Rines 1920, p. 280.
References
edit- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rines, George Edwin, ed. (1920). . Encyclopedia Americana. p. 280.