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[[File:PSM V66 D388 William Francis Magie.png|thumb|c. 1904/1905]]
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'''William Francis Magie''' (1858–1943) was an American [[physicist]], a founder of the [[American Physical Society]] (president from 1910–12) and the first professor of [[physics]] at [[Princeton University]], where he had graduated (class [[valedictorian]], 1879) and where he served for two decades as dean of the faculty. His papers on the [[contact angle]] of liquids and solids and on the [[specific heat]] of solutions were notable, as was his text ''Principles of Physics''.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://etcweb.princeton.edu/CampusWWW/Companion/magie_william.html |first=Alexander |last=Leitch |encyclopedia=A Princeton Companion |publisher=Princeton University Press |year=1978 |title=Magie, William Francis |accessdate=2008-10-25}}</ref>
'''William Francis Magie''' (1858–1943) was an American [[physicist]], a founder of the [[American Physical Society]] (president from 1910 to 1912) and the first professor of [[physics]] at [[Princeton University]], where he had graduated (class [[valedictorian]], 1879) and where he served for two decades as dean of the faculty. His papers on the [[contact angle]] of liquids and solids and on the [[specific heat]] of solutions were notable, as was his text ''Principles of Physics''.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://etcweb.princeton.edu/CampusWWW/Companion/magie_william.html |first=Alexander |last=Leitch |encyclopedia=A Princeton Companion |publisher=Princeton University Press |year=1978 |title=Magie, William Francis |access-date=2008-10-25}}</ref> He was an elected member of the [[American Philosophical Society]] (1896).<ref>{{Cite web |title=APS Member History |url=https://search.amphilsoc.org/memhist/search?creator=William+Francis+Magie&title=&subject=&subdiv=&mem=&year=&year-max=&dead=&keyword=&smode=advanced |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=search.amphilsoc.org}}</ref>

== Personal views ==
Magie served as the president of the Men's Anti-Suffrage League of New Jersey.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=Mappen|first=Marc|date=1990-10-14|title=JERSEYANA|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/10/14/nyregion/jerseyana.html|access-date=2021-08-18|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> In this capacity, he argued that [[Women's suffrage in the United States|women's suffrage]] would ruin the family structure, destroy [[gender role]]s, and "undermine civilization."<ref name=":0" />


==Selected works==
==Selected works==
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Latest revision as of 16:31, 13 March 2024

c. 1904/1905

William Francis Magie (1858–1943) was an American physicist, a founder of the American Physical Society (president from 1910 to 1912) and the first professor of physics at Princeton University, where he had graduated (class valedictorian, 1879) and where he served for two decades as dean of the faculty. His papers on the contact angle of liquids and solids and on the specific heat of solutions were notable, as was his text Principles of Physics.[1] He was an elected member of the American Philosophical Society (1896).[2]

Personal views[edit]

Magie served as the president of the Men's Anti-Suffrage League of New Jersey.[3] In this capacity, he argued that women's suffrage would ruin the family structure, destroy gender roles, and "undermine civilization."[3]

Selected works[edit]

Notes[edit]

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William Francis Magie
  1. ^ Leitch, Alexander (1978). "Magie, William Francis". A Princeton Companion. Princeton University Press. Retrieved 2008-10-25.
  2. ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
  3. ^ a b Mappen, Marc (1990-10-14). "JERSEYANA". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-08-18.

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