Ernest Merritt

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Ernest Merritt

Ernest George Merritt (born April 28, 1865 in Indianapolis , † June 5, 1948 ) was an American physicist .

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Merritt graduated from Purdue University and Cornell University first engineering and physics. From 1889 he worked at Cornell University, first as an instructor , then as an assistant professor and from 1903 as a professor. Shortly after his appointment as assistant professor, he spent a year in Berlin and worked there with Max Planck , with whom he stayed in contact until his death. Later he was appointed head of the Institute of Physics and Dean of the Graduate School of Cornell University.

Merritt founded Physical Reviews with Edward L. Nichols . He was a co-founder of the American Physical Society and its president from 1914 to 1916. In 1914 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences .

Merrit worked on numerous physical issues, but he was best known for his research on luminescence . Here he worked closely with Nichols.

literature

  • Paul L. Hartman, Ernest George Merritt. 1865 - 1948. In: Biographical memoirs . National Academies Press, Washington DC 1997. Available online

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SURNAME Merritt, Ernest
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Merritt, Ernest George (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American physicist
DATE OF BIRTH April 28, 1865
PLACE OF BIRTH Indianapolis
DATE OF DEATH June 5, 1948