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Archival as AuthorArchival as SubjectPublished as AuthorPublished as SubjectGeorge Walter Stewart
Dates
February 22, 1876 – August 16, 1956
Authorized Form of Name
Stewart, George Walter, 1876-1956
Additional Forms of Names
Stewart, G. W. (George Walter), 1876-1956
Stewart, George Walter
Biography
Abstract
George Stewart was Emeritus Professor of Physics at the University of Iowa (1946-1956). Other institutional affiliations included the University of North Dakota. His research interests included acoustics and the structure of liquids.
Important Dates
February 22, 1876Birth, St. Louis (Mo.).
1898Obtained AB, DePauw University, Greencastle (Ind.).
1901Obtained PhD in Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca (N.Y.).
1901 – 1903Instructor in Physics, Cornell University.
1901 – 1956Professor of Physics (1909-1946); Head, Department of Physics (1909-1946); and Emeritus Professor of Physics (1946-1956), University of Iowa, Iowa City (Iowa).
1903 – 1909Assistant Professor of Physics (1903-1904) and Professor of Physics (1904-1909), University of North Dakota, Grand Forks (N.D.).
1941President, American Physical Society.
1944Member, National Academy of Sciences.
August 16, 1956Death, Iowa City (Iowa).
Occupation
Acoustician.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Death
Subjects
Relationships
People
Family
Stewart, Rodney Cromwell
Son.
Stewart, Zella White, 1878-1943
Wife. Married in 1904.
Advisors & Collaborators
Lindsay, Robert Bruce, 1900-
Co-wrote "Acoustics: a text on theory and applications."
Colleagues
Both employed at Cornell University.
Additional
McGrath, James Williamson, 1912-
Urey, Harold Clayton, 1893-1981
Institutions
Major Positions
Cornell University. Department of Physics
Obtained PhD (1901). Instructor in Physics.
University of Iowa. Department of Physics and Astronomy
Professor of Physics; Department Head; and Emeritus Professor of Physics.
University of North Dakota
Assistant Professor of Physics and Professor of Physics.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
President.
DePauw University.
Obtained AB (1898).
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Member.
United States. Office of Scientific Research and Development
Researcher.
Resources
Archival Resources
Author
Archives of DePauw University and Indiana United Methodism. Roy O. West Library.
DePauw University.
Greencastle, IN 46135, USA
George Walter Stewart papers, 1899-1955.
Main Library. Archives
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA 52242-1420, USA
Supplement to the contributions from The Physical Laboratory of the State University of Iowa, 1855-1878.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Subject
James W. McGrath intellectual autobiography, circa 1957.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Papers of physicists and astronomers in Hoover Library, 1918-1965.
Herbert Hoover Presidential Library
West Branch, IA 52358, USA
Stewart family papers, 1900-1950.
Johnson County Historical Society
310 Fifth St., Coralville, Iowa 52241, USA
Published Resources
Author
Subject
"George W. Stewart: 1876-1956", Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences