Background
Bumstead, Henry Andrews was born on March 12, 1870 in Pekin, Illinois, United States. Son of Samuel Josiah (Doctor of Medicine and Sarah Ellen (Seiwell) B.
Bumstead, Henry Andrews was born on March 12, 1870 in Pekin, Illinois, United States. Son of Samuel Josiah (Doctor of Medicine and Sarah Ellen (Seiwell) B.
Bachelor of Arts, Johns Hopkins, 1891. Doctor of Philosophy., Yale, 1897.
Assistant in physics, Johns Hopkins, 1891-1893. Instructor in physics, Sheffield Scientific School, Yale., 1893-1900. Assistant professor, 1900-1906, professor, Yale College, and director Sloane Physicial Laboratory, since 1906, Yale University Scientific attache, American Embassy, London, 1918.
Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences.
Married Luetta Ullrich, August 18, 1896.