Background
Meyer, John Franklin was born on March 11, 1875 in Spring Mills, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Jacob Sheller and Susan Catherine (Bitner) Meyer.
Meyer, John Franklin was born on March 11, 1875 in Spring Mills, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Jacob Sheller and Susan Catherine (Bitner) Meyer.
Bachelor of Arts, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1894. Master of Arts, 1897, Doctor of Science, 1918. Graduate study Johns Hopkins, 1897-1900.
Doctor of Philisophy, University of Pennsylvania, 1904.
1 son, Theodore Franklin. Assistant professor physics, University of Pennsylvania, 1902-1907. Professor physics, Pennsylvania State College, 1907-1909.
Research engineer, Westinghouse Lamp Company, 1909-1913.
Physicist National bureau of Standards, 1913-1941. Retired; lecturer in electrical engineering, George Washington University, 1922-1927.
Member advisory council Franklin and Marshall College. Member Optical Society of America, International Electrotech. American Institute Electrical
Engineers, Illuminating Engineering Society, Optical Society of America, International Electrotech.
Commission, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Phi Gamma Delta, Acacia. Member Evangelical and Reformed Church.
Mason. Club: Cosmos.
Married Ella Jane Mather, July 12, 1909.