Washington Academy of Sciences

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Washington Academy of Sciences

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION

"The Washington Academy of Sciences was incorporated in 1898 as an affiliation of eight Washington DC area scientific societies. The formation of the Academy culminated a decade of planning under the leadership of the Philosophical Society of Washington. The founders included Alexander Graham Bell and Samuel P. Langley, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. The purpose of the new Academy was to encourage the advancement of science and to conduct, endow, or assist investigation in any department of science."

Official Website:
http://www.washacadsci.org/

Location:
Washington, DC

Founding Date:
1898

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

William D. Coolidge Physicist 23-Oct-1873 4-Feb-1975 Tungsten filaments and Coolidge tubes

Harvey Cushing Doctor 8-Apr-1869 7-Oct-1939 Cushing's Syndrome

William M. Jardine Educator 16-Jan-1879 17-Jan-1955 US Secretary of Agriculture, 1925-29

James E. Keeler Astronomer 10-Sep-1857 12-Aug-1900 Composition of Saturn's rings

Frank Schlesinger Astronomer 11-May-1871 10-Jul-1943 Stellar parallaxes

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