Lyman James Briggs
American physicist and engineer (1874–1963) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Lyman James Briggs (May 7, 1874 – March 25, 1963) was an American engineer, physicist and administrator. He was a director of the National Bureau of Standards (NBS) during the Great Depression and chairman of the Uranium Committee[1] before America entered the Second World War. The Lyman Briggs College at Michigan State University is named in his honor.[2]
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Lyman James Briggs | |
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3rd Director of the National Bureau of Standards | |
In office June 13, 1933 (1933-06-13) – November 5, 1945 (1945-11-05) | |
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Preceded by | George K. Burgess |
Succeeded by | Edward U. Condon |
Personal details | |
Born | (1874-05-07)May 7, 1874 Assyria, Michigan, U.S. |
Died | March 25, 1963(1963-03-25) (aged 88) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
Spouse | Katharine Cook |
Children | 2, including Isabel |
Alma mater | Michigan Agricultural College University of Michigan Johns Hopkins University |
Occupation | Engineer, physicist, administrator |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Applied physics |
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Thesis | On the absorption of water vapor and of certain salts in aqueous solution by quartz (1901) |
Doctoral advisor | Henry Augustus Rowland |
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