Frank Perkins Whitman From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Born29 July 1853 Troy Died15 June 1919 (aged 65)Cleveland AlmamaterBrown UniversityJohns Hopkins University OccupationPhysicist Frank Perkins WhitmanBorn29 July 1853 Troy Died15 June 1919 (aged 65)Cleveland Alma materBrown UniversityJohns Hopkins University OccupationPhysicist EmployerCase Western Reserve UniversityRensselaer Polytechnic Institute Frank Perkins Whitman (1853–1919), was an American physicist 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 ↑ Rines 1920, p. 280. References This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rines, George Edwin, ed. (1920). "Whitman, Frank Perkins" . Encyclopedia Americana. p. 280. This article about an American physicist is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.vte Related Articles
