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'''Jane Mary Dewey''' (July 11, 1900 – September 19, 1979) was an American physicist.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dewey, Jane Mary (1900-1965) · Jane Addams Digital Edition|url=https://digital.janeaddams.ramapo.edu/items/show/2077|access-date=2020-08-19|website=digital.janeaddams.ramapo.edu}}</ref> |
'''Jane Mary Dewey''' (July 11, 1900 – September 19, 1979) was an American physicist.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Dewey, Jane Mary (1900-1965) · Jane Addams Digital Edition|url=https://digital.janeaddams.ramapo.edu/items/show/2077|access-date=2020-08-19|website=digital.janeaddams.ramapo.edu}}</ref> |
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== Early life and education == |
== Early life and education == |
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born Chicago, daughter of philosopher John Dewey and educator Alice Chapman Dewey<ref>[http://www.encyclopedia.com/women/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/dewey-alice-chipman-1858-1927 from The Dictionary of Women Worldwide: 25,000 Women Through the Ages]</ref> |
Jane Mary Dewey was born in Chicago, the daughter (and sixth child) of philosopher [[John Dewey]] John Dewey and educator Alice Chapman Dewey.<ref>[http://www.encyclopedia.com/women/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/dewey-alice-chipman-1858-1927 from The Dictionary of Women Worldwide: 25,000 Women Through the Ages]</ref> Her parents named her in honor of [[Jane Addams]], an activist, sociologist and reformer; and [[Mary Rozet Smith]], a philanthropist who was Addams' longtime companion.<ref name=":0" /> |
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She was educated at the [[Ethical Culture School]] and then the [[Spence School]], after which she attended [[Barnard College]], graduating in 1922. She moved from New York to New England for graduate studies, earning a PhD from the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] in 1925.<ref name=":0" /> |
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named in honor of [[Jane Addams]] and [[Mary Rozet Smith]] |
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educated at the [[Ethical Culture School]] and then the [[Spence School]] |
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graduated from [[Barnard College]] in 1922 |
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PhD, [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]], 1925 |
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== Career == |
== Career == |
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After graduating from MIT, Dewey worked for two years with [[Niels Bohr]] and [[Werner Heisenberg]] as a [[postdoctoral researcher]] in Copenhagen. She then moved to [[Princeton University]], where she worked with [[Karl Taylor Compton]] with support from a [[National Research Council (United States)|National Research Council]] fellowship. In 1929, she became a faculty member at the [[University of Rochester]], nominally under the geology department but in fact at the university's Institute of Applied Optics.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Stroud|first=Carlos|date=|title=Jane Dewey: Pioneer in Quantum Optics|url=http://www2.optics.rochester.edu/~stroud/BookHTML/ChapI_pdf/I_05.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=The Institute of Optics}}</ref> |
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National Research Council Fellow |
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Professor of physics at [[Bryn Mawr College]], 1931 |
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Dewey was elected a Fellow of the [[American Physical Society]] |
Dewey left Rochester for [[Bryn Mawr College]], where she became an assistant professor in 1931.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> That year, she was elected a Fellow of the [[American Physical Society]],<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=APS Fellow Archive|url=http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/fellowships/archive-all.cfm|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-08-19|website=[[American Physical Society]]|language=en}}</ref> and she soon took on the position of department chair. However, her marriage — to fellow physicist Alston Clark — broke apart, and her health worsened, forcing her to take medical leave. During her absence, Bryn Mawr replaced her with a male physics professor, and Dewey was unemployed until 1940, when she found a part-time instructor position at [[Hunter College]]. She moved to industry, taking a wartime job at the [[United States Rubber Company]] and then a staff position at the [[Aberdeen Proving Ground]].<ref name=":1" /> |
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== Selected publications == |
== Selected publications == |
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Revision as of 19:49, 19 August 2020
Jane Mary Dewey (July 11, 1900 – September 19, 1979) was an American physicist.[1]
Early life and education
Jane Mary Dewey was born in Chicago, the daughter (and sixth child) of philosopher John Dewey John Dewey and educator Alice Chapman Dewey.[2] Her parents named her in honor of Jane Addams, an activist, sociologist and reformer; and Mary Rozet Smith, a philanthropist who was Addams' longtime companion.[1]
She was educated at the Ethical Culture School and then the Spence School, after which she attended Barnard College, graduating in 1922. She moved from New York to New England for graduate studies, earning a PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1925.[1]
Career
After graduating from MIT, Dewey worked for two years with Niels Bohr and Werner Heisenberg as a postdoctoral researcher in Copenhagen. She then moved to Princeton University, where she worked with Karl Taylor Compton with support from a National Research Council fellowship. In 1929, she became a faculty member at the University of Rochester, nominally under the geology department but in fact at the university's Institute of Applied Optics.[3]
Dewey left Rochester for Bryn Mawr College, where she became an assistant professor in 1931.[1][3] That year, she was elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society,[4] and she soon took on the position of department chair. However, her marriage — to fellow physicist Alston Clark — broke apart, and her health worsened, forcing her to take medical leave. During her absence, Bryn Mawr replaced her with a male physics professor, and Dewey was unemployed until 1940, when she found a part-time instructor position at Hunter College. She moved to industry, taking a wartime job at the United States Rubber Company and then a staff position at the Aberdeen Proving Ground.[3]
Selected publications
- Dewey, Jane M. (June 1947). "The Elastic Constants of Materials Loaded with Non‐Rigid Fillers". Journal of Applied Physics. 18 (6): 578–581. doi:10.1063/1.1697691. ISSN 0021-8979.
- Keyes, Frederick G.; Dewey, Jane (1927-06-01). "An Experimental Study of the Piston Pressure Gage to Six Hundred Atmospheres". J. Opt. Soc. Am. 14 (6): 491–504. doi:10.1364/JOSA.14.000491.
- Dewey, Jane M. (1926-12-01). "Intensities in the Stark Effect of Helium". Physical Review. 28 (6): 1108–1124. doi:10.1103/PhysRev.28.1108. ISSN 0031-899X.
References
- ^ a b c d "Dewey, Jane Mary (1900-1965) · Jane Addams Digital Edition". digital.janeaddams.ramapo.edu. Retrieved 2020-08-19.
- ^ from The Dictionary of Women Worldwide: 25,000 Women Through the Ages
- ^ a b c Stroud, Carlos. "Jane Dewey: Pioneer in Quantum Optics" (PDF). The Institute of Optics.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "APS Fellow Archive". American Physical Society. Retrieved 2020-08-19.
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