Education
Plyler originates from Greenville, South Carolina, where he graduated in Physics from Furman University (Bachelor 1917, Master of Arts 1918).
physicist university professor
Plyler originates from Greenville, South Carolina, where he graduated in Physics from Furman University (Bachelor 1917, Master of Arts 1918).
He is the namesake of the "Earle K. Plyler Prize" of the American Physical Society. After scientific work at Johns Hopkins University he obtained his Doctor of Philosophy in 1924 at Columbia University.
From 1924 until 1941 Plyler lectured at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, subsequently at the University of Michigan from 1941 until 1945.
In 1945 Plyler joined the National Bureau of Standards where he worked until 1962, when he became professor at Florida State University in Tallahassee.