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Archival as AuthorArchival as SubjectPublished as SubjectRichard Tousey
Dates
May 18, 1908 – April 15, 1997
Authorized Form of Name
Tousey, Richard
Biography
Abstract
Richard Tousey was a physicist at the Naval Research Laboratory (1941-1978). Other institutional affiliations included Tufts University and Harvard University. His research interests included optical properties of the atmospheres, spectroscopy from rockets, physiological optics, photographic photometry, and vacuum ultraviolet.
Important Dates
May 18, 1908Birth, Somerville (Mass.).
1928Obtained AB in Physics and Mathematics, Tufts University, Medford (Mass.).
1929Obtained AM in Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge (Mass.).
1933Obtained PhD in Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge (Mass.).
1933 – 1936Instructor in Physics, Harvard University.
1936 – 1941Research Instructor, Tufts University, Medford (Mass.).
1941 – 1997Physicist (1941-1978); Head, Instruments Section (1942-1945); Head, Micron Waves Branch (1945-1948); Head, Rocket Spectroscopy Branch (1958-1978); and Consultant (1978-1997), Naval Research Laboratory, United States Navy, Washington (D.C.).
1960Member, National Academy of Sciences.
April 15, 1997Death, Cheverly (Md.).
Occupation
Astronomer.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Death
Subjects
Vacuum ultraviolet spectroscopy
Relationships
People
Family
Tousey, Adella Hill
Mother.
Tousey, Coleman
Father.
Tousey, Joanna, 1939-
Daughter.
Tousey, Ruth Lowe
Wife. Married in 1932.
Colleagues
Bainbridge, Kenneth T. (Kenneth Tompkins), 1904-1996
Both employed at Harvard University.
Bridgman, P. W. (Percy Williams), 1882-1961
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Furry, W. H. (Wendell Hinkle), 1907-
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Kemble, Edwin C. (Edwin Crawford), 1889-
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Pierce, George Washington, 1872-1956
Both employed at Harvard University.
Saunders, Frederick A. (Frederick Albert), 1875-1963
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Van Vleck, J. H. (John Hasbrouck), 1899-1980
Both employed at Harvard University.
Additional
Baum, William A.
Byram, Edward Taylor (E. T.)
Chubb, Talbot A. (Talbot Albert)
Dupree, Andrea K.
Goldberg, Leo
Newell, Homer E. (Homer Edward), 1915-1983
Newkirk, Gordon Allen, 1928-
Institutions
Major Positions
Harvard University. Department of Physics
Obtained AM (1929) and PhD (1933). Instructor in Physics.
Naval Research Laboratory (U.S.)
Physicist; Head, Instruments Section; Head, Micron Waves Branch; Head, Rocket Spectroscopy Branch; and Consultant.
Tufts University. Department of Physics and Astronomy
Obtained AB (1928). Research Instructor.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Member.
Tufts University. Department of Mathematics
Obtained AB (1928).
Resources
Archival Resources
Author
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 Richard Tousey, 1981 November 17, 1982 January 8 and June 4.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Richard Tousey, 1981 November 17-1982 June 4.
Archives Division.
Smithsonian Institution. National Air and Space Museum
MRC 322, Washington, DC, 20560, USA
Richard Tousey papers, circa 1940-1980 (bulk dates 1960s).
Archives Division.
Smithsonian Institution. National Air and Space Museum
MRC 322, Washington, DC, 20560, USA
Subject
Oral history interview with Andrea Dupree, 2007 October 29.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with E. T. Byram and T. A. Chubb, 1976 July 22.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral History interview with Gordon Allen Newkirk, 1983 June 1.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Herbert Friedman, 1980 August 21.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Homer Edward Newell, 1980 July 17 and October 20.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Leo Goldberg, 1983 February 22.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral History interview with William A. Baum, 1983 January 12.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Published Resources
Subject
"Richard Tousey: 1908-1997", Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences.