Frank Perkins Whitman

Frank Perkins Whitman (1853–1919), was an American physicist

Biography

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

1. 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.

Further reading

• Mary D. - Ancestry member, Frank Perkins Whitman, Ancestry.com, retrieved July 2013 External link in |publisher= (help): "Born in Troy, New York, USA on 29 Jul 1853. Frank Perkins married Charlotte Webster Wheeler and had 2 children. He passed away on 15 Jun 1919".