Arthur Williams Wright

Arthur Williams Wright

Arthur Williams Wright (1836-1915) was an American physicist, born at Lebanon, Conn. He graduated at Yale in 1859 and became an instructor in the Sheffield Scientific School in 1867-68. He studied in Heidelberg and Berlin in 1868-69; was professor of physics and chemistry in Williams College in 1869-72; and at Yale served as professor of molecular physics and chemistry in 1871-87, and thenceforth until his retirement in 1906 as professor of experimental physics. He contributed numerous scientific papers, chiefly on astronomical and electrical subjects, to various publications and became a fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society of Great Britain and a member of the National Academy of Science. He did much to make the XRay of practical use.

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