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Archival as AuthorArchival as SubjectPublished as AuthorPublished as SubjectEdward Purdy Ney
Dates
October 29, 1920 – July 9, 1996
Authorized Form of Name
Ney, Edward Purdy, 1920-
Biography
Abstract
Edward Ney was Regents Professor of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Minnesota (1974-1996). Other institutional affiliations included the University of Virginia. His research interests included cosmic-rays, atmospheric research, and infrared astronomy.
Important Dates
October 29, 1920Birth, Minneapolis (Minn.).
1942Obtained BS, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis (Minn.).
1943 – 1944Consultant, Naval Research Laboratory, United States Navy.
1946Obtained PhD in Physics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville (Va.).
1946 – 1947Assistant Professor to Associate Professor, University of Virginia, Charlottesville (Va.).
1947 – 1996Assistant Professor to Professor of Physics and Astronomy (1947-1974); Chair, Department of Astronomy (1974-1978); Regents professor of Physics and Astronomy (1974-1996), University of Minnesota, Minneapolis (Minn.).
1971Member, National Academy of Sciences.
July 9, 1996Death, Minneapolis (Minn.).
Occupation
Astrophysicist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Death
Subjects
Relationships
People
Family
Ney, Arthur
Son.
Ney, Jessamine Purdy
Mother.
Ney, John, 1946-
Son.
Ney, Judy, 1944-
Daughter.
Ney, June Felsing
Wife. Married in 1942.
Ney, Nancy
Sister.
Ney, Otto Fred
Father.
Ney, William
Son.
Advisors & Collaborators
Beams, Jesse W. (Jesse Wakefield), 1898-1977
PhD advisor at University of Virginia, "A 60 degree mass spectrometer and its application to: the measurement of a self diffusion coefficient, continuous measurement of isotopic ratios, the isotopic constitution of silicon, the measurement of isotopic mass ratios," and both employed at University of Virginia.
Freier, Phyllis S., 1921-1992
Advised by Ney at University of Minnesota.
Mann, Alfred K.
Advised by Ney at University of Virginia, "The Thermal Diffusion Coefficient of Nitrogen."
Snoddy, Leland Bradley
Advisor at University of Virginia.
Colleagues
Both employed at University of Minnesota.
Both employed at University of Minnesota.
Both employed at University of Minnesota.
Nier, Alfred O. (Alfred Otto), 1911-1994
Both employed at University of Minnesota.
Tate, John T. (John Torrence), 1889-1950
Both employed at University of Minnesota.
Williams, John H. (John Harry), 1908-
Both employed at University of Minnesota.
Both employed at University of Minnesota.
Additional
Goldberg, Leo
Naugle, John E.
Institutions
Major Positions
United States. Navy
Consultant, Naval Research Laboratory.
University of Minnesota. Department of Physics and Astronomy
Obtained BS (1942). Assistant Professor to Professor of Physics and Astronomy; Regents Professor of Physics and Astronomy; and Chair, Department of Astronomy.
University of Virginia. Department of Physics
Obtained PhD (1946). Assistant Professor to Associate Professor.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Member.
Resources
Archival Resources
Author
Edward Purdy Ney papers, 1941-1996.
University Archives
University of Minnesota
Andersen Library, Minneapolis, MN, USA
National Air and Space Museum space astronomy oral history project records, 1981-1986.
Archives Division
Smithsonian Institution. National Air and Space Museum
MRC 322, Washington, DC, 20560, USA
Oral history interview with Edward P. Ney, 1984 February 29.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Subject
American Astronomical Society Historical Astronomy Division addition to records: obituary files, 1995-1998.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with John E. Naugle, 1980 August 20.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Leo Goldberg, 1978 May 16 and 17, and 1982.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
University of Minnesota Department of Physics papers, 1886-1972.
University Archives
University of Minnesota
Andersen Library, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Published Resources
Author
Electromagnetism and relativity.
Subject
"Edward Purdy Ney: 1920-1996", Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences