Edgar Buckingham - Life and Achievements

Life and Achievements

  • 1867 - Born in Philadelphia, PA on the 8th July
  • 1887 - Graduated from Harvard with a degree in physics
  • 1893 - Received a Ph.D. from the University of Leipzig
  • 1893 - Began teaching physical chemistry and physics at Bryn Mawr College
  • 1897-1899 - Wrote a textbook on thermodynamics
  • 1899 - Left Bryn Mawr and worked at a mining camp in Morenci, Arizona
  • 1901 - Married Elizabeth Holstein in Texas
  • 1901 - Started as an instructor in physics at the University of Wisconsin
  • 1902-1906 - Worked at the USDA Bureau of Soils, where he wrote and published 2 papers on the dynamics of gas and water in soils.
  • 1907 - Began working at the National Bureau of Standards (NBS)
  • 1918-1919 - Worked a stint as associate science attaché to the U.S. Embassy in Rome
  • 1923 - First NBS researcher to be given independent status, meaning he was freed of all administrative duties
  • 1937 - Retired from the NBS at the mandatory age of 70, however continued to work there on research problems
  • 1940 - Died in Washington DC on the 29th April

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