Earle K. Plyler
Earle Keith Plyler (born April 26, 1897 in Greenville , South Carolina , USA , † June 8, 1976 in Tallahassee , Florida , USA) was an American physicist and an important pioneer of infrared spectroscopy and molecular spectroscopy . He is the namesake of the Earle K. Plyler Prize of the American Physical Society .
Life
Plyler came from Greenville, South Carolina, where he received his BA (1917) and MA (1918) in physics from Furman University . After researching at Johns Hopkins University , he received his doctorate in 1924 from Columbia University .
Plyler taught and researched from 1924 to 1941 at the University of North Carolina , Chapel Hill , in 1941 he moved to the University of Michigan , where he worked until 1945.
After working for several years at the National Bureau of Standards , he was offered a position at Florida State University in Tallahassee in 1962 .
In 1935 he became a Fellow of the American Physical Society .
Services
Earle Plyler was an important pioneer in molecular spectroscopy using infrared spectroscopic methods. In his memory, the American Physical Society regularly awards the "Earle K. Plyler Prize" for special services in the field of molecular spectroscopy.
literature
- Interview of Dr. Earle K. Plyler by E. Scott Barr and W. James King on April 7, 1964, Niels Bohr Library & Archives, American Institute of Physics, College Park, MD USA
Web links
- Pyler, Earle Keith, 1897-1976: Earle Keith Plyler Intellectual autobiography, 1962. OCLC 881397180
- Earle K. Plyler Prize (APS) website
- Earle K. Plyler in the database of Find a Grave (English)
- ISNI 0000 0003 6648 9390
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Plyler, Earle K. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Plyler, Earle Keith (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American physicist and pioneer of infrared spectroscopy and molecular spectroscopy |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 26, 1897 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Greenville , South Carolina , USA |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 8, 1976 |
| Place of death | Tallahassee , Florida , USA |