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Shirley Leon Quimby
Born(1893-08-21)August 21, 1893
DiedMay 15, 1986(1986-05-15) (aged 92)
Alma mater Columbia University
Spouse Edith Quimby
AwardsFellow of the APS (1931) [1]
Scientific career
Fields solid-state physics
Thesis On the experimental determination of the viscosity of vibrating solids  (1925)
Doctoral advisor Albert Potter Wills
Doctoral students Jerrold R. Zacharias, William Fuller Brown, Don Kirkham, Arthur S. Nowick

Shirley Leon Quimby (August 21, 1893 – May 15, 1986) was an American physicist. He graduated from University of California at Berkeley in 1915 and received his PhD in physics at Columbia University in 1925. He served as a professor at Columbia from 1943 and became professor emeritus in 1962. In 1915 he married fellow student Edith Hinkley, who would later be noted for her contributions to nuclear medicine and radiology.

References

  1. ^ "APS Fellow Archive". American Physical Society. (search on year 1931 and institution Columbia University)

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Shirley Leon Quimby
Born(1893-08-21)August 21, 1893
DiedMay 15, 1986(1986-05-15) (aged 92)
Alma mater Columbia University
Spouse Edith Quimby
AwardsFellow of the APS (1931) [1]
Scientific career
Fields solid-state physics
Thesis On the experimental determination of the viscosity of vibrating solids  (1925)
Doctoral advisor Albert Potter Wills
Doctoral students Jerrold R. Zacharias, William Fuller Brown, Don Kirkham, Arthur S. Nowick

Shirley Leon Quimby (August 21, 1893 – May 15, 1986) was an American physicist. He graduated from University of California at Berkeley in 1915 and received his PhD in physics at Columbia University in 1925. He served as a professor at Columbia from 1943 and became professor emeritus in 1962. In 1915 he married fellow student Edith Hinkley, who would later be noted for her contributions to nuclear medicine and radiology.

References

  1. ^ "APS Fellow Archive". American Physical Society. (search on year 1931 and institution Columbia University)

External links



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