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Archival as AuthorArchival as SubjectPublished as SubjectHarold Eugene Edgerton
Dates
April 6, 1903 – January 4, 1990
Authorized Form of Name
Edgerton, Harold Eugene, 1903-1990
Biography
Abstract
Harold E. Edgerton was Institute Professor Emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1926-1990). Other institutional affiliations included the General Electric Company. His research interests included flash-light photography and underwater photography.
Important Dates
April 6, 1903Birth, Fremont (Neb.).
1925Obtained EE, University of Nebraska, Lincoln (Neb.).
1925 – 1926Member, Test Laboratory, General Electric Company.
1926 – 1990Instructor to Professor of Electrical Engineering (1926-1966); Institute Professor (1966-1968); and Institute Professor Emeritus (1966-1990), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge (Mass.).
1927Obtained SM, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge (Mass.).
1931Obtained ScD in Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge (Mass.).
1964Member, National Academy of Sciences.
1973Awarded National Medal of Science.
January 4, 1990Death, Cambridge (Mass.).
Occupation
Electrical engineer.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Death
Subjects
Relationships
People
Colleagues
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Compton, K. T. (Karl Taylor), 1887-1954
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Coolidge, William David, 1873-1975
Both employed at General Electric Company.
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Hull, Albert Wallace, 1880-1966
Both employed at General Electric Company.
Both employed at General Electric Company.
Low, Francis E. (Francis Eugene), 1921-2007
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Stratton, Julius Adams, 1901-1994
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Wiesner, Jerome B. (Jerome Bert), 1915-1994
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Additional
Dylla, H. F.
Institutions
Major Positions
General Electric Company. Research Laboratory
Member, Test Laboratory.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering
Obtained SM, PhD (Electrical Engineering), Instructor to Professor of Electrical Engineering; Institute Professor; and Institute Professor Emeritus.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Member.
University of Nebraska -- Lincoln. Department of Physics and Astronomy
Obtained EE.
Resources
Archival Resources
Author
Harold E. Edgerton papers, 1889-1990.
Institute Archives and Special Collections
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
M.I.T. Libraries, Rm. 14N-118, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
Subject
Oral history interview with H. Frederick Dylla, 2010 October 18.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Published Resources
Subject
"Harold Eugene Edgerton: 1903-1990", Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences