Fletcher, Harvey. Autobiographical notes, 1956
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Abstract/Description: | Autobiographical notes taken from a questionnaire prepared for the American Institute of Physics Project on the History of Recent Physics in the United States and briefly covering Fletcher's childhood and education in Provo, Utah; his graduate work with Robert Millikan; and his work in acoustics at Bell Laboratories. File also includes: list of his research publications; a two-page biographical sketch; and a curriculum vitae with a list of honors. |
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Subject(s): | Fletcher, Harvey, 1884-1981- Fletcher, Harvey, 1884 -- Awards Fletcher, Harvey, 1884 -- Childhood and youth -- United States -- Utah -- Provo Millikan, Robert Andrews, 1868-1953 Bell Telephone Laboratories Physics -- Study and teaching Physicists |
Title: | Fletcher, Harvey. Autobiographical notes, 1956. |
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Name(s): | Fletcher, Harvey, 1884-1981- | |
Type of Resource: | mixed material | |
Genre: |
Autobiographies. Biography files. Lists. |
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Issuance: | monographic | |
Date Created: | 1956 | |
Extent: | 21 pages | |
Abstract/Description: | Autobiographical notes taken from a questionnaire prepared for the American Institute of Physics Project on the History of Recent Physics in the United States and briefly covering Fletcher's childhood and education in Provo, Utah; his graduate work with Robert Millikan; and his work in acoustics at Bell Laboratories. File also includes: list of his research publications; a two-page biographical sketch; and a curriculum vitae with a list of honors. | |
Note(s): |
Forms part of the American Institute of Physics' Niels Bohr Library & Archives Manuscript Biographies Collection. Acoustician and authority on acoustical science. Co-founder of Bolt, Beranek and Newman Inc. of Cambridge, MA; president 1953-1969, director 1953-1983. Taught at Harvard, 1940-1946; Associate Professor of Communication Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1947-1959, and lecturer, 1959-1981. Fellow in American Physical Society, Acoustical Society of America, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Audio Engineering Society. In English. |
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Subject(s): |
Fletcher, Harvey, 1884-1981- Fletcher, Harvey, 1884 -- Awards Fletcher, Harvey, 1884 -- Childhood and youth -- United States -- Utah -- Provo Millikan, Robert Andrews, 1868-1953 Bell Telephone Laboratories Physics -- Study and teaching Physicists |
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Library Classification: | MB 2013-1159; 164 | |
Held by: | American Institute of Physics. Niels Bohr Library & Archives. One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA | |
Restrictions on Access: | Researchers must have an approved access application on file in order to access archival materials. | |
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