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Humphreys, William Jackson was born on February 3, 1862 in Gap Mills, Monroe County, West Virginia, United States. Son of Andrew Jackson and Eliza Ann (Eads) Humphreys.
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Humphreys, William Jackson was born on February 3, 1862 in Gap Mills, Monroe County, West Virginia, United States. Son of Andrew Jackson and Eliza Ann (Eads) Humphreys.
Bachelor of Arts, Washington and Lee University, 1886, Civil Engineer (valedictorian), 1888, Doctor of Science (honorary), 1942, University of Virginia, 1888-1889, graduated School of Physics and School of Chemistry, 1889. Johns Hopkins University, 1894-1897, fellow in physics, 1895-1896, Doctor of Philosophy, 1897.
Professor physics and mathematics, Miller School, Virginia, 1889-1893. Professor physics and chemistry, Washington College, Maryland., 1893-1894. Instructor physics, University of Virginia, 1897-1905.
Professor meteorological physics, United States Weather Bureau, July 1, 1905-December 31, 1935, when retired (collaborator since 1936).
Professor meteorological physics, George Washington University, 1911-1934, now professor emeritus. Director Research Station, Mount Weather, Virginia, 1905-1908.
Member United States Naval Observatory’s eclipse cxpdn. to Sumatra, 1901. Secretary Physics of the Electron, International Congress of Arts and Sciences, Saint Louis, 1904.
Associate editor Journal of Franklin Institute.
Editor of Monthly Weather Review, 1931-1935. Special editor, Webster’s New International Dictionary, second edition
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Fellow American Physical Society, Optical Society America, Astronomical Society America, Seismological Society America, American Association for the Advancement of Science (secretary section physics 1912-1916. Member American Mathematics Society, American Meteorological Society (vice president 1920-1923. Member Meteorological Society of Hungary, State Russian Geography Society.
Club: Cosmos (vice president 1935.
Married Margaret Gertrude Antrim, January 11, 1908.