Born: 31-Jan-1881
Birthplace: Brooklyn, NY
Died: 16-Aug-1957
Location of death: Woods Hole, MA
Cause of death: unspecified

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Physicist

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Inventor of the high-vacuum tube

Wife: Marion Mersereau (m. 1912, one son, one daughter)
Son: Kenneth
Daughter: Barbara

    University: School of Mines, Columbia University (1903)
    University: PhD, University of Göttingen (1906)
    Professor: Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ (1906-09)

    General Electric Scientist, Schenectady, NY (1909-50)
    Nobel Prize for Chemistry 1932
    Hughes Medal 1918
    Rumford Prize 1920
    American Academy of Arts and Sciences
    American Physical Society
    American Chemical Society President (1929)
    American Association for the Advancement of Science President (1941)
    Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society

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