Background
Watson, Floyd Rowe was born on April 23, 1872 in Lawrence, Kansas, United States. Son of Norman Allen and Helen Altana (Hitchcock) Watson.
Watson, Floyd Rowe was born on April 23, 1872 in Lawrence, Kansas, United States. Son of Norman Allen and Helen Altana (Hitchcock) Watson.
Graduated from State Normal School, Los Angeles, California, 1893. Bachelor of Science, University of California, 1899. Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell Univercity, 1902.
Assistant in physics, University of California, 1897-1899. Fellow in physics, University of California and Cornell Univercity, 1899-1902. Instructor in physics, University of Illinois, 1902-1904, assistant professor, 1904-1915, associate professor, 1915-1917, professor experimental physics, 1917-1940, professor of physics, emeritus since 1940.
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Physical Society, Acoustical Society of America, Sigma Xi.
Married Estelle Jane Barden, August 14, 1902. Children: Norman Allen, Robert Barden.
