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|name = Albert Wills |
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|birth_date = 1873 |
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|residence = [[United States|U.S.]] |
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|nationality = [[USA|American]] |
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|death_date = 1937 |
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|death_place = [[Florida]], [[United States|U.S.]] |
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|field = [[Physicist]] |
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|work_institution = [[University of Göttingen]]<br>[[University of Berlin]]<br>[[Bryn Mawr College]]<br>[[Cooper Hewitt Laboratory]]<br>[[Columbia University]] |
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|alma_mater = [[Clark University]] |
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|doctoral_advisor = [[Arthur Gordon Webster]] |
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|doctoral_students = [[Isidor Isaac Rabi]] <br>[[Francis Bitter]]<br>[[Ralph Kronig|Ralph De Laer Kronig]]<br>[[Luther Grant Hector]]<br>[[Shirley Leon Quimby]] |
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'''Albert Potter Wills''' (1873–1937) was an American physicist who researched magnetic materials and was the PhD advisor of the [[Nobel Prize]] winner [[Isidor Isaac Rabi]]. |
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During his career he investigated magnetic susceptibilities, magnetic shielding, [[magnetostriction]], conduction of electricity through mercury vapor, and [[hydrodynamics]]. He also wrote a textbook on [[vector analysis]]. |
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Wills received his PhD from [[Clark University]] in 1897 under [[Arthur Gordon Webster]] with a thesis entitled: ''On the susceptibility of diamagnetic and weakly magnetic substances.'' |
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During 1898–1899 Wills worked at the [[University of Göttingen]] and the [[University of Berlin]]. During 1899–1902 he was at [[Bryn Mawr College]] and 1902–1903 at the [[Cooper Hewitt Laboratory]]. His final appointment, 1903–1937, was at [[Columbia University]]. |
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==References== |
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* J. C. Poggendorff, ''Biographisch-literarisches handwörterbuch für mathematik, astronomie, physik, chemie und verwandte wissenschaftsgebiete;'' P. Weinmeister, P., Ed.; Verlag-Chemie: Berlin, 1904; '''Bd. IV''', p. 1644. |
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* ''American Men of Science'', 2nd ed.; Cattell, J.M., Eds.; Science Press: Lancaster, PA, 1910; pp. 515. |
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* "Prof. Albert Wills is dead in Florida," ''The New York Times'', Apr 18, 1937, p. 48 (or II 8), col. 4. |
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* National Cyclopaedia of American Biography being the history of the United States. New York: James T White & Co, 1939; '''Vol 27''', pp. 430–431. |
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* A.P. Wills, "On the susceptibility of diamagnetic and weakly magnetic substances," PhD Thesis, Clark University, Worcester, MA, 1897. (Also appeared in ''Phil. Mag.'' 1898, '''45''', pp. 432–447. |
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* I.I. Rabi, ''Phys. Rev.'' 1927, '''29'''(1), pp. 174–185 |
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| NAME = Wills, Albert Potter |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION = American physicist |
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| DATE OF BIRTH = 1873 |
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| DATE OF DEATH = 1937 |
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| PLACE OF DEATH = [[Florida]], [[United States|U.S.]] |
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[[Category:American physicists]] |
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[[Category:1873 births]] |
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[[Category:1937 deaths]] |
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[[Category:Clark University alumni]] |
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[[Category:Columbia University faculty]] |
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Revision as of 16:21, 16 January 2014
Albert Wills | |
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| Born | 1873 |
| Died | 1937 |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Clark University |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physicist |
| Institutions | University of Göttingen University of Berlin Bryn Mawr College Cooper Hewitt Laboratory Columbia University |
| Doctoral advisor | Arthur Gordon Webster |
| Doctoral students | Isidor Isaac Rabi Francis Bitter Ralph De Laer Kronig Luther Grant Hector Shirley Leon Quimby |
Albert Potter Wills (1873–1937) was an American physicist who researched magnetic materials and was the PhD advisor of the Nobel Prize winner Isidor Isaac Rabi.
During his career he investigated magnetic susceptibilities, magnetic shielding, magnetostriction, conduction of electricity through mercury vapor, and hydrodynamics. He also wrote a textbook on vector analysis.
Wills received his PhD from Clark University in 1897 under Arthur Gordon Webster with a thesis entitled: On the susceptibility of diamagnetic and weakly magnetic substances.
During 1898–1899 Wills worked at the University of Göttingen and the University of Berlin. During 1899–1902 he was at Bryn Mawr College and 1902–1903 at the Cooper Hewitt Laboratory. His final appointment, 1903–1937, was at Columbia University.
References
- J. C. Poggendorff, Biographisch-literarisches handwörterbuch für mathematik, astronomie, physik, chemie und verwandte wissenschaftsgebiete; P. Weinmeister, P., Ed.; Verlag-Chemie: Berlin, 1904; Bd. IV, p. 1644.
- American Men of Science, 2nd ed.; Cattell, J.M., Eds.; Science Press: Lancaster, PA, 1910; pp. 515.
- "Prof. Albert Wills is dead in Florida," The New York Times, Apr 18, 1937, p. 48 (or II 8), col. 4.
- National Cyclopaedia of American Biography being the history of the United States. New York: James T White & Co, 1939; Vol 27, pp. 430–431.
- A.P. Wills, "On the susceptibility of diamagnetic and weakly magnetic substances," PhD Thesis, Clark University, Worcester, MA, 1897. (Also appeared in Phil. Mag. 1898, 45, pp. 432–447.
- I.I. Rabi, Phys. Rev. 1927, 29(1), pp. 174–185
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