Luckiesh, Matthew, 1883-1967
Matthew Luckiesh papers, 1887-2013 (bulk 1910-1965).
The collection consists of awards, booklets, certificates and diplomas, correspondence, directories, a dissertation, forms, a genealogy, illustrations, articles, manuscripts, notebooks and notes, pamphlets, patents, programs, reports, research notes and papers, scrapbooks, and speeches.
Matthew Luckiesh (1883-1967) was an authority and pioneer in the research of light, lighting, color, vision, and seeing. Known as "the father of the Science of Seeing," he was a physicist at the Incandescent Lamp Department of the General Electric Company, 1910-1920; Director of Applied Science, 1920-1924; Director of the Lighting Research Laboratory, 1924-1949.
Luckiesh, Matthew, 1883-1967
General Electric Company
Electric lighting.
Vision.
Lighting.
Color.
AIP-ICOS
Western Reserve Historical Society. East Blvd., Cleveland, OH 44106, USA