Background
Nichols, Ernest Fox was born on June 1, 1869 in Leavenworth, Kansas, United States. Son of Alonzo Curtis and Sophronia (Fox) Nichols.
Nichols, Ernest Fox was born on June 1, 1869 in Leavenworth, Kansas, United States. Son of Alonzo Curtis and Sophronia (Fox) Nichols.
Bachelor of Science, Kansas Agricultural College, 1888. Master of Science, Cornell Univercity, 1893, Doctor of Science, 1897. Student physics, Cornell, 1889-1892, University of Berlin, 1894-1896, Cambridge University, 1904-1905.
Honorary Doctor of Science, Dartmouth, 1903.
Doctor of Laws, Colgate, Clark, Wesleyan, 1909, Vermont, 1911, Pittsburgh, 1912, Dennison, 1914, Dartmouth, 1916.
Professor physics, Colgate University, 1892-1898, Dartmouth College, 1898-1903. Professor experimental physics, Columbia, 1903-1909. President Dartmouth College, 1909-1916.
Professor physics, Yale, 1916-1920.
Director pure science, Nela Research laboratories, National Lamp Works, Cleveland, Ohio, 1920-1921. President Massachusetts Institute of Technology, June-November 1921 (resigned because of poor health).
Director Nela Research Laboratory, since 1929. Research associate Carnegie Institution Washington, 1907-1909, bureau of Ordnance, Navy Department, 1917-1919.
Rumford medal of America Academy Arts and Sciences, 1905.
Member National Academy Sciences (chairman physics and engineering section, 1917-1920).
Married Katharine Williams West, June 16, 1894.