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Archival as AuthorArchival as SubjectPublished as AuthorPublished as SubjectHarrison M. Randall
Dates
December 17, 1870 – November 10, 1969
Authorized Form of Name
Randall, Harrison M. (Harrison McAllister), 1870-
Additional Forms of Names
Randall, Harrison M.
Randall, Harrison McAllister, 1870-
Biography
Abstract
Harrison Randall was Emeritus Professor of Physics at University of Michigan (1940-1969). His research interests included infrared spectroscopy and bacteriology.
Important Dates
December 17, 1870Birth, Burr Oak (Mich.).
1893Obtained PhB, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (Mich.).
1894Obtained AM, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (Mich.).
1894 – 1899Public School Teacher.
1901 – 1969Instructor in Physics (1901-1905); Assistant Professor of Physics (1905-1909); Associate Professor of Physics (1909-1916); Professor of Physics (1916-1940); Director, Physics Laboratory (1918-1940); and Emeritus Professor of Physics (1940-1969), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (Mich.).
1902Obtained PhD in Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (Mich.).
1917 – 1919Researcher, National Bureau of Standards.
1937President, American Physical Society.
November 10, 1969Death, Ann Arbor (Mich.).
Occupation
Theoretical physicist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Death
Subjects
Relationships
People
Advisors & Collaborators
Colby, Walter F. (Walter Francis), 1880-
Co-wrote "General College Physics" and "Physics: Mechanics, Sound and Heat."
Dennison, David M. (David Mathias), 1900-1976
Advised by Randall at University of Michigan on The molecular structure and infra-red spectrum of methane. Both employed at University of Michigan.
Nielsen, H. H. (Harald Herborg), 1903-
Advised by Randall at University of Michigan, "Infrared absorption bands in hydrogen-sulfide."
Paschen, Friedrich, 1865-1947.
Research advisor at University of Tübingen.
Plyler, Earle Keith, 1897-1976
Co-wrote "General College Physics" and "Physics: Mechanics, Sound and Heat."
Reed, John Oren
PhD advisor at University of Michigan, "On the coefficient of expansion of quartz."
Strong, John, 1905-
Advised by Randall at University of Michigan, "A self recording spectrometer."
Williams, Neil H. (Neil Hooker)
Co-wrote "General College Physics" and "Physics: Mechanics, Sound and Heat."
Colleagues
Bacher, Robert F. (Robert Fox), 1905-2004
Both employed at University of Michigan.
Both employed at University of Michigan.
Crane, H. R. (Horace Richard), 1907-2007
Both employed at University of Michigan.
Both employed at University of Michigan.
Both employed at University of Michigan.
Goudsmit, Samuel A. (Samuel Abraham), 1902-1978
Both employed at University of Michigan.
Both employed at University of Michigan.
Both employed at University of Michigan.
Nierenberg, William Aaron, 1919-2000
Both employed at University of Michigan.
Both employed at University of Michigan.
Satchler, G. R. (George Raymond)
Both employed at University of Michigan.
Both employed at University of Michigan.
Uhlenbeck, George Eugène, 1900-1988
Both employed at University of Michigan.
Both employed at University of Michigan.
Additional
Curtiss, Ralph Hamilton
Firestone, Floyd Alburn, 1898-
Fowler, Richard Gildart
Fox, Gerald Willis, 1900-1974
Klein, Oskar
Sawyer, Ralph A. (Ralph Alanson), 1895-1978
Smith, Gail Preston, 1915-
Institutions
Major Positions
United States. National Bureau of Standards
Researcher.
University of Michigan. Department of Physics
Obtained PhB (1893), AM (1894), and PhD (1902). Instructor in Physics; Assistant Professor of Physics; Associate Professor of Physics; Professor of Physics; Director, Physics Laboratory; and Emeritus Professor of Physics.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
President.
Resources
Archival Resources
Author
Harrison M. Randall history (early and revised edition), circa 1964.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Harrison M. Randall papers, 1897-1956.
Bentley Historical Library
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2113, USA
Oral history interview with Harrison M. Randall, 1964 February 19, 20 and 1965 June 21.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Physics: electricity, magnetism and light [lecture notes], 1926.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Ralph Hamilton Curtiss papers, 1907-1923.
Bentley Historical Library
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2113, USA
Richard G. Fowler papers, 1946-1969.
Bentley Historical Library
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2113, USA
Samuel A. Goudsmit correspondence [microform], 1921-1933.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Two examples of infrared absorption spectra and a letter from Horace Richard Crane describing the method used by Randall at the University of Michigan from about 1912 to the mid-1930s.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
University of Michigan Department of Physics records, 1873-2002. (bulk 1954-1991).
Bentley Historical Library
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2113, USA
Subject
Eulogies for Harrison McAllister Randall, 1969.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Floyd A. Firestone papers, 1925-1956.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
From my life of physics, 1968.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Gail P. Smith autobiography, circa 1965.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Gerald Willis Fox the history of recent physics in the United States, 1965.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Informal moments, Summer Symposia at the University of Michigan [motion picture] / taken by David Dennison ; 1933-1937.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with David Mathias Dennison, 1964 January 27, 28 and 30.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Earle Plyler, 1964 April 7.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with H. R. Crane, 1973 March 28 and 1974 June 18.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Oskar Benjamin Klein, 1962 September 25 to 16 July 1963.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Ralph Alanson Sawyer, 1967 March 16 and 1970 September 24.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Samuel Abraham Goudsmit, 1963 December 5 and 7.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Samuel A. Goudsmit papers, 1921-1979.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Published Resources
Author
General college physics / by Harrison M. Randall ... ; Neil H. Williams ... [and] Walter F. Colby …
Physics : mechanics, sound and heat / by H.M. Randall, N.H. Williams, W.F. Colby.