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Silsbee, Francis Driggs was born on July 8, 1889 in Lawrence, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Francis H(enry) Silsbee and Ellen (Hudson) Silsbee.
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Francis Driggs Silsbee, American physicist. Fellow of the American Institute of Elctrical Engineering, American Physical Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science; member Washington Academy Sciences (president 1950), Philosophical Society Washington (president 1936), Instrument Society American; Club: Cosmos (Washington).
Education
Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1910, Master of Science, 1911. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard, 1915.
Career
Bureau Standards from 1911, laboratory assistant, chief electricity instrument section, 1939-1946, chief of the electricity and electronics division, from 1946.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow of the American Institute of Elctrical Engineering, American Physical Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member Washington Academy Sciences (president 1950), Philosophical Society Washington (president 1936), Instrument Society American. Club: Cosmos (Washington).
Connections
Married Clara L. Gillis, July 22, 1921. Children: Henry B., Frances G. (Mistress H. T. Ames), Robert H. With National.
