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Archival as AuthorArchival as SubjectPublished as SubjectW. W. Hansen
Dates
May 27, 1909 – May 23, 1949
Authorized Form of Name
Hansen, W. W. (William Webster), 1909-1949
Additional Forms of Names
Hansen, William Webster, 1909-1949
Biography
Abstract
William Webster Hansen was Professor of Physics at Stanford University (1934-1949). Other institutional affiliations included the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Sperry Gyroscope Company. His research interests included klystrons and radar.
Important Dates
May 27, 1909Birth, Fresno (Calif.).
1929Obtained AB, Stanford University, Stanford (Calif.).
1933Obtained PhD in Physics, Stanford University, Stanford (Calif.).
1933 – 1934National Research Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge (Mass.).
1934 – 1949Assistant Professor of Physics (1934-1937); Associate Professor of Physics (1937-1942); and Professor of Physics (1942-1949), Stanford University, Stanford (Calif.).
1941 – 1945Staff Member, Sperry Gyroscope Company.
1949Member, National Academy of Sciences.
May 23, 1949Death, Palo Alto (Calif.).
Occupation
Engineering physicist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Death
Subjects
Relationships
People
Family
Hansen, Betsy Ross
Wife, married 1938.
Colleagues
Both employed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at Stanford University.
Compton, K. T. (Karl Taylor), 1887-1954
Both employed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Stanford University.
Meyerhof, Walter E. (Walter Ernst), 1922-
Both employed at Stanford University.
Morse, Philip M. (Philip McCord), 1903-1985
Both employed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Stanford University.
Schiff, Leonard I. (Leonard Isaac), 1915-1971
Both employed at Stanford University.
Slater, John C. (John Clarke), 1900-1976
Both employed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Stratton, Julius Adams, 1901-1994
Both employed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Van de Graaf, Robert Jemison, 1901-1967
Both employed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Webster, David Locke, 1888-1976
Both employed at Stanford University.
Additional
Condon, Edward Uhler, 1902-1974
deStaebler, Herbert C. (Herbert Conrad)
Lawson, James L., -1982
Lawson, John David, 1923-
Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967
Panofsky, Wolfgang K. H. (Wolfgang Kurt Hermann), 1919-2007
Roe, Anne, 1904-1991
Woodyard, John R., 1904-1981
Institutions
Major Positions
Sperry Rand Corporation. Sperry Gyroscope Division
Staff Member.
Stanford University. Department of Physics
Obtained AB and PhD (1933). Assistant Professor of Physics; Associate Professor of Physics; and Professor of Physics.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
National Research Fellow.
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Member.
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
Resources
Archival Resources
Author
Stanford University Department of Physics history, 2008.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
W. W. Hansen Laboratories of Physics klystron reports and patents, 1936-1949.
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305, USA
W. W. Hansen Laboratories of Physics records, 1947-1964.
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305, USA
W. W. Hansen miscellaneous materials, 1899-1931.
Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine
Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine
183 Fuston Rd., London NW1 2BN, England UK
William W. Hansen lecture notebooks, 1941-1944.
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305, USA
William W. Hansen papers, 1925-1974.
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305, USA
William Webster Hansen papers, 1928-1974.
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305, USA
Subject
Anne Roe papers, 1949-1971 (bulk).
Library
American Philosophical Society
105 South Fifth Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106, USA
Edward L. Ginzton papers, circa 1937-1992.
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305, USA
Herbert C. deStaebler papers, 1953-2007.
National Accelerator Laboratory. Archives and History Office
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC)
2575 Sand Hill Road, MS 97, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
John David Lawson papers, 1945-2009.
Archives Centre.
Churchill College.
Cambridge CB3 0DS
Notes on lectures given at M.I.T., 1941-1944.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Notes on lectures given at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1941-1944.
The Bancroft Library
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA, 94720-6000, USA
Oral history interview with David Locke Webster, 1964 May 21.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Edward Mills Purcell, 1977 June 8 and 14.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Felix Bloch, 1968 August 15.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Frederick Seitz, 1981 January 26, 27, March 24 and 1982 March 16.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with John R. Woodyard, 1974 October 18 and 1975 December 17.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with John R. Woodyard, 1976 August 27.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Nicolaas Bloembergen, 1983 June 27.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Norris Edwin Bradbury, 1976 February 11.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Wolfgang Kurt Hermann Panofsky, 1973 May 15 and 1974 March 6 and June 3.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Russell and Sigurd Varian papers, 1892-1988.
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305, USA
Some personal actions and reactions, 1971.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Stanford University Department of Physics photographs, 1910-1973 (bulk 1965-1973).
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305, USA
Stanford University Department of Physics records, 1937-1949.
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305, USA
Published Resources
Subject
"William Webster Hansen: 1909-1949", Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences