Wood, Robert Williams, 1868-1955 (original) (raw)
Dates
May 2, 1868 – August 11, 1955
Authorized Form of Name
Wood, Robert Williams, 1868-1955
Additional Forms of Names
Wood, Doctor (Robert Williams), 1868-1955
Wood, R. W. (Robert Williams), 1868-1955
Wood, Robert W. (Robert Williams), 1868-1955
Вуд, Роберт Уильямс, 1868-1955
Biography
Abstract
Robert Wood was Emeritus Research professor at Johns Hopkins University (1951-1955). Other institutional affiliations included University of Wisconsin. His research interests included continuous absorption below head of spectral series; resonance-radiation and fluorescence; critical temperature for desposition of metal vapors as homogeneous films; transparency of alkali metals in ultra-violet; production of spontaneous incandescence of metals in cold atomic hydrogen; extension of Balmer series of hydrogen; infra-red and ultra-violet photography; destruction of polarization of resonance radiation by weak magnetic fields; physical and biological effects of high frequency sound waves; and diffraction gratings for astrophysical research.
Important Dates
May 2, 1868Birth, Concord (Mass.).
1891Obtained AB in Chemistry, Harvard University, Cambridge (Mass.).
1891 – 1892Studied Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore (Md.).
1892 – 1894Studied Chemistry, University of Chicago, Chicago (Ill.).
1894 – 1896Studied Chemistry and Physics, University of Berlin, Berlin (Germany).
1897 – 1901Instructor in Physics (1897-1898) and Assistant Professor of Physics (1898-1901), University of Wisconsin, Madison.
1901 – 1955Professor of Experimental Physics (1901-1938); Research Professor (1938-1951); and Emeritus Research Professor (1951-1955), Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore (Md.).
1912Member, National Academy of Sciences.
1912Adams Research Fellow, Columbia University.
1917 – 1919Major, United States Army.
1935President, American Physical Society.
1944 – 1946Consultant, Manhattan Project.
August 11, 1955Death.
Occupation
Physicist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Subjects
Relationships
People
Family
Wood, Gertrude Ames
Wife. Married in 1892.
Advisors & Collaborators
Barnes, Robert Bowling, 1906-
Advised by Wood at Johns Hopkins University.
Ellett, Alexander
Advised by Wood at Johns Hopkins University.
Kaplan, Joseph A., 1902-1991
Advised by Wood at Johns Hopkins University.
Loomis, F. W. (Francis Wheeler), 1889-1976
Collaborated on the analysis of spectra.
Pfund, A. H. (August Herman), 1879-1949
Advised by Wood at Johns Hopkins University, "Polarization and Selective Reflection in the Infra-Red Spectrum."
Plyler, Earle Keith, 1897-1976
Advised by Wood at Johns Hopkins University.
Rowland, Henry Augustus, 1848-1901
Research advisor at Johns Hopkins University.
Rubens, Heinrich
Post-doc advisor at University of Berlin.
Uhler, Horace S. (Horace Scudder),
Co-wrote "Atlas of absorption spectra."
Colleagues
Both employed at Johns Hopkins University.
Both employed at Johns Hopkins University.
Herzfeld, Karl F. (Karl Ferdinand), 1892-
Both employed at Johns Hopkins University.
Mayer, Maria Goeppert, 1906-1972
Both employed at Johns Hopkins University.
Additional
Adel, Arthur, 1908-1994
Baker, James Gilbert
Baum, William A.
Brakel, Henry Louis, 1876-
Compton, Betty Charity McCloskey, 1916-
Dunham, Theodore, 1897-1984
Dunning, John R. (John Ray), 1907-1975
Feather, N. (Norman)
Hall, John S. (John Scoville), 1908-1991
Inglis, David Rittenhouse, 1905-1995
Kemble, Edwin C. (Edwin Crawford), 1889-
Klopsteg, Paul E. (Paul Ernest), 1889-
Lewis, Gilbert Newton, 1875-1946
Rayleigh, John William Strutt, Baron, 1842-1919
Rozhdestvenskii, D. S (Dmitrii Sergeevich), 1876-1940
Ruark, Arthur Edward, 1899-
Shane, Charles Donald, 1895-1983
Shapley, Harlow, 1885-1972
Urey, Harold Clayton, 1893-1981
Vinal, George Wood, 1882-1969
Webster, David Locke, 1888-1976
Wilson, Lucy, 1888-
Wolcott, Edson Ray, 1877-1966
Institutions
Major Positions
Johns Hopkins University. Department of Physics
Professor of Experimental Physics; Research Professor; and Emeritus Research Professor.
United States. Army
Major.
University of Wisconsin--Madison. Department of Physics
Instructor in Physics and Assistant Professor of Physics.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
President.
Columbia University. Department of Physics
Adams Research Fellow.
Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Berlin
Attended from 1894-1896.
Harvard University. Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology
Obtained AB (1891).
Johns Hopkins University. Department of Chemistry
Attended from 1891-1892.
Manhattan Project (U.S.)
Consultant.
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Member.
University of Chicago. Department of Chemistry
Attended from 1892-1894.
Resources
Archival Resources
Author
Library. University Archives.
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL 60201, USA
Robert W. Wood letters to A. H. Raynolds, 1925-1927.
Library. Manuscript Collection.
International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House.
900 East Avenue. Rochester, NY 14607, USA
Robert W. Wood papers, 1838-1942.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Robert Williams Wood papers, 1927-1942.
Special Collections, Milton S. Eisenhower Library
Johns Hopkins University
3400 N. Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
Subject
Arthur Adel response to History of Modern Astrophysics Survey, 1980.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Arthur E. Ruark biographical material, 1963.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Baron John William Strutt Rayleigh papers, 1864-1919. [microfilm].
Phillips Laboratory. Geophysics Directorate. Research Library.
United States Air Force
Hanscom Air Force Base, MA 01731, USA
Correspondence with Robert Williams Wood concerning the origin of the echelle spectrograph, 1945-1946.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Dmitrij Sergeevich Rozhdestvenskii papers, 1902-1940.
St. Petersburg Branch. Archive
Russian Academy of Sciences
Universitetskaia hab., 1, Korp. 2, St. Petersburg 199034
Earle Keith Plyler intellectual autobiography, 1962.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Edson Ray Wolcott autobiography, 1951.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Edwin C. Kemble papers [microform], 1919-1937.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
George W. Vinal autobiography, circa 1963
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Gilbert Newton Lewis papers, 1908-1945.
The Bancroft Library
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA, 94720-6000, USA
Johns Hopkins University Department of Physics records, 1887-1988 (bulk 1949-1969).
Special Collections. Milton S. Eisenhower Library.
Johns Hopkins University
3400 N. Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
Karl Herzfeld papers, 1914-1977.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Betty Compton, 1968 April 11 and 15.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Charles Donald Shane, 1967 July 11 and 14.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with David Rittenhouse Inglis, 1977 May 9 and 10.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with George Wood Vinal, 1964 March 20.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Harlow Shapley, 1966 June 8 and August 25.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Harold Clayton Urey, 1964 March 24.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Henry Louis Brakel, 1965 November 10.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with James Baker, 1980 June 9.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with John S. Hall, 1979 February 21.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Lucy Wilson, 1978 October 4 and December 6.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Norman Feather, 1971 February 25 and 5 November.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Otto Laporte, 1964 January 29 and 31.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Paul E. Klopsteg, 1970 March 31.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Robert S. Shankland, 1974 August 20 and 21.
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
Oral history joint interview with James Franck and Hertha Sponer-Franck, 1962 July 9 to 14.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Theodore Dunham papers, 1926-1977 (bulk 1926-1955).
Henry E. Huntington Library
1151 Oxford Road, San Marino, CA 91108, USA
Published Resources
Author
Atlas of absorption spectra / by H.S. Uhler and R.W. Wood.
Physical optics / by Robert W. Wood …
Subject
"Robert Williams Wood: 1868-1955", Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences