Background
Buckingham, Edgar was born on July 8, 1867 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Lucius Henry and Angelina Bradley (Hyde) Buckingham.
Buckingham, Edgar was born on July 8, 1867 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Lucius Henry and Angelina Bradley (Hyde) Buckingham.
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1887. Post-graduate work same, 1887-1889, University of Strassburg, 1889-1890, Doctor of Philosophy, Leipsic, 1893.
Assistant in physics, Harvard, 1888-1889, 1891-1892, Strassburg, 1889-1890. Member of faculty, Bryn Mawr College, 1893-1899. Instructor physics, University of Wisconsin, 1901-1902.
Assistant physicist bureau of Soils, United States Department of Agriculture, 1902-1905.
With bureau of Standards, 1905-1937, was physicist same. Lecturer on thermodynamics, Graduate School United States Naval Academy, 1910-1912.
Associate scientific attache, United States Embassy, Rome, Italy, 1918. Author: An Outline of the Theory of Thermodynamics, 1900.
Home: Chevy Chase, Maryland.
Member of faculty, Bryn Mawr College, 1893-1899.
Married Elizabeth Branton Holstein, July 15, 1901. Children: Katharine, Stephen Alvord.