Background
Ives, James Edmund was born on September 19, 1865 in London, England. Son of James Thomas Bostock and Mary Collins (Johns) Ives.
Ives, James Edmund was born on September 19, 1865 in London, England. Son of James Thomas Bostock and Mary Collins (Johns) Ives.
University of Pennsylvania, 1888-1889. Harvard University, 1894. University of Cambridge, England, 1896.
Doctor of Philosophy, Clark University, Massachusetts, 1901.
Laura (Mistress Ives Lowe). Assistant curator, Academy Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, 1887-1893. Instructor physics, Drexel Institute, 1893-1897.
Scholar and fellow in physics, Clark University, 1897-1901.
Instructor physics, University of Cincinnati, 1901-1903. Scientific expert with the DeForest Wireless Telegraph Company, New York, 1903-1905.
Assistant professor physics, 1905-1909, associate professor, 1909-1912, University of Cincinnati. Lecturer and research associate in physics, Clark University, 1912-1921.
Physicist United States.P.H.S., on duty with the Office of Industrial Hygiene and Sanitation, 1921-1931, senior physicist, 1931-1936, Associate physicist Department Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution, Washington, June-August 1921.
In charge department electricity and signals of the United States Naval Aviation Detachment, Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1917. Lieutenant, 1918, captain, 1919, Signal corpus, United States army. Captain Signal Roman Catholic, United States Army, 1921.
Captain Auxiliary Roman Catholic, United States Army, 1926 and 1931.
Captain, inactive, 1935.
Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences. Member Academy Natural Science Philadelphia, American Physical Society, Illuminating Engineering Society, Optical Society of America, Washington Academy of Sciences, Philosophical Society of Washington. Clubs: Cosmos, Chevy Chase (Washington).
Married Georgiana Luvanne Stone, June 25, 1903.
