Background
Shea, Daniel William was born on November 27, 1859 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States. Son of of Timothy and Margaret (McCarthy) S.
Shea, Daniel William was born on November 27, 1859 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States. Son of of Timothy and Margaret (McCarthy) S.
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1886, Master of Arts, 1888. Doctor of Philosophy, Friedrich Wilhelm’s Universität, Berlin, 1892. Unmarried.
Assistant in physics, Harvard, 1889, 1892. Assistant professor physics, 1892-1894, professor, 1894-1895, University of Illinois.
Member New Hampshire (U.S.) House of Representatives, 1886-1888. Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Physical Society.