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Archival as AuthorArchival as SubjectPublished as SubjectA. G. Shenstone
Dates
July 27, 1893 – February 16, 1980
Authorized Form of Name
Shenstone, A. G. (Allen Goodrich)
Additional Forms of Names
Shenstone, Allen
Biography
Abstract
Allen Shenstone was Class of 1909 Emeritus Professor of Physics and Senior Research Physicist at Princeton University (1962-1980). His research interests included optical spectroscopy.
Important Dates
July 27, 1893Birth, Toronto (Ont.).
1914Obtained BS, Princeton University, Princeton (N.J.).
1914 – 1919Officer, Royal Engineers, British Army.
1920Obtained MA, Princeton University, Princeton (N.J.).
1922Obtained PhD in Physics, Princeton University, Princeton (N.J.).
1922 – 1925Demonstrator, University of Toronto.
1925 – 1980Assistant Professor to Professor of Physics (1925-1938); Class of 1909 Professor of Physics (1938-1962); Chair, Department of Physics (1949-1960); and Class of 1909 Emeritus Professor of Physics and Senior Research Physicist (1962-1980), Princeton University, Princeton (N.J.).
1940 – 1945Special Assistant to the President, Canadian National Research Council.
1950Fellow, Royal Academy.
February 16, 1980Death, Princeton (N.J.).
Occupation
Spectroscopist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Death
Subjects
Relationships
People
Family
Hara, Eliza, 1851-1926
Mother.
Shenstone, Joseph Newton, 1855-1933
Father.
Shenstone, Mildred Madeline Chadwick, -1967
First Wife. Married 1923-1967.
Shenstone, Tiffin Harper
Second Wife. Married in 1969.
Colleagues
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Anderson, P. W. (Philip W.), 1923-
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Bargmann, V. (Valentine), 1908-1989
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Compton, K. T. (Karl Taylor), 1887-1954
Both employed at Princeton University.
Condon, Edward Uhler, 1902-1974
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Dicke, Robert H. (Robert Henry)
Both employed at Princeton University.
Eisenhart, Luther Pfahler, 1876-1965
Both employed at Princeton University.
Feynman, Richard P. (Richard Phillips), 1918-1988
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Fletcher, James Chipman, 1919-1991
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Gross, David J. (David Jonathan)
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Morse, Philip M. (Philip McCord), 1903-1985
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Robertson, H. P. (Howard Percy), 1903-1961
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Smyth, Henry De Wolf, 1898-1986
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Van de Graaf, Robert Jemison, 1901-1967
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Wheeler, John Archibald, 1911-2008
Both employed at Princeton University.
Wightman, A. S. (Arthur Strong), 1922-2013
Both employed at Princeton University.
Wigner, Eugene Paul, 1902-1995
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Wu, C. S. (Chien-shiung), 1912-1997
Both employed at Princeton University.
Additional
Appleton, Edward Victor, Sir, 1892-1965
Blackett, P. M. S. (Patrick Maynard Stuart), Baron Blackett, 1897-1974
Harrington, Marshall Cathcart, 1904-
Livingood, John J. (John Jacob), 1903-
Meggers, William F. (William Frederick), 1888-1966
Pauling, Linus, 1901-1994
Russell, Henry Norris, 1877-1957
Thomson, J. J. (Joseph John), 1856-1940
Urey, Harold Clayton, 1893-1981
Wilson, Charles Thomson Rees, 1869-1959
Institutions
Major Positions
Great Britain. Army
Officer, Royal Engineers.
Princeton University. Department of Physics
Obtained BS (1914), MA (1920), and PhD (1922). Assistant Professor to Professor of Physics; Class of 1909 Professor of Physics; Department Chair; and Class of 1909 Emeritus Professor of Physics and Senior Research Physicist.
University of Toronto. Department of Physics
Demonstrator.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
National Research Council of Canada
Special Assistant to the President.
Royal Society (Great Britain)
Fellow.
Resources
Archival Resources
Author
Allen Shenstone autobiography, 1962.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Allen Goodrich Shenstone 1979 March 20.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Princeton physics: a remarkable history, 1991.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Symposium in honor of Allen G. Shenstone on the occasion of his retirement [sound recording] / 1962 June 16.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Subject
Marshall Cathcart Harrington response to early 1930s Ph.D.s Survey, 1980.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with John J. Livingood, 1977 May 16.
The Bancroft Library
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA, 94720-6000, USA
Oral history interview with Linus Carl Pauling, 1964 March 27.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Princeton University Department of Physics records, 1909-1971.
Department of Rare Books and Special Collections
Princeton University
1 Washington Road, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
William F. Meggers addition to papers, 1870-1973 (bulk 1906-1966).
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA