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Archival as AuthorArchival as SubjectPublished as SubjectArthur L. Day
Dates
October 30, 1869 – March 2, 1960
Authorized Form of Name
Day, Arthur L. (Arthur Louis), 1869-1960
Additional Forms of Names
Day, Arthur Louis
Biography
Abstract
Arthur Day was the Director of the Geophysical Laboratory at the Carnegie Institution of Washington (1907-1936). Other institutional affiliations include Yale University and the United States Geological Survey. Other research interests included physics, geophysical chemistry, and ceramic research.
Important Dates
October 30, 1869Birth, Brookfield (Mass. : Town).
1892Obtained BA, Yale University, New Haven (Conn.).
1894Obtained PhD, Yale University, New Haven (Conn.).
1894 – 1897Instructor in Physics, Yale University, New Haven (Conn.).
1897 – 1900Member, Scientific Staff, Physikalisch-Technische Reichsanstalt.
1900 – 1907Physical Geologist, United States Geological Survey.
1907 – 1936Director, Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington (D.C.).
1911Member, National Academy of Sciences.
1911President, Philosophical Society of Washington, Washington (D.C.).
1917 – 1918Head, Optical Glass Production, United States War Industries Board.
1924President, Washington Academy of Sciences.
1938President, American Geological Society.
1939 – 1943Member, Science Committee, National Resources Board.
March 2, 1960Death, Bethesda (Md.).
Occupation
Geophysicist and volcanologist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Death
Subjects
Relationships
People
Additional
Adams, Leason Heberling, 1887-1969
Institutions
Major Positions
Carnegie Institution of Washington. Geophysical Laboratory
Director.
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Physical Geologist.
Physikalisch-Technische Reichsanstalt (Germany)
Member, Scientific Staff.
United States. War Industries Board
Head, Optical Glass Production.
Yale University. Physics Department
Obtained BA and PhD (1894). Instructor in Physics.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Geological Society of America
President.
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Member.
Philosophical Society of Washington (Washington, D.C.)
President.
United States. National Resources Board
Member, Science Committee.
Washington Academy of Sciences (Washington, D.C.)
President.
Resources
Archival Resources
Author
Arthur Day autobiography, 1929.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Subject
Carnegie Institution of Washington Geophysical Laboratory general files, 1900-present.
Geophysical Laboratory. Library and Archives.
Carnegie Institution of Washington
5241 Broad Branch Road NW, Washington, DC 20015, USA
Leason Heberling Adams papers, 1919-1968.
Manuscript Division
Library of Congress
James Madison Memorial Building, First Street and Independence Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20540, USA
Published Resources
Subject
"Arthur Louis Day: 1869-1960", Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences