Background
Jacques, William White was born on August 30, 1855 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, United States. Son of John Thurston and Lucy (Withington) Jacques.
Jacques, William White was born on August 30, 1855 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, United States. Son of John Thurston and Lucy (Withington) Jacques.
Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1876. Master of Arts, Doctor of Philisophy, Johns Hopkins, 1879. Studied Berlin, Leipzig, Vienna, Göttingen, 1877.
Fellow Johns Hopkins, 1876-1880. Lecturer on electrical engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1887-1890. Expert for American Bell Telephone Сompany, 1880-1897.
Originator of many of the salient inventions and engineering devices that have made long-distance telephony practicable.
Expert for numerous electrical and chemical industries in England, France and America, 1897-1914, and originator of many processes and mechanisms therein used. Expert for anti-submarine division of British Admiralty during war.
Originator of device by which submarines were detected and located. Engaged in scientific investigations.
Home: Boston, Massachusetts
Fellow Johns Hopkins, 1876-1880.
Married Kate Shakespeare Haman, November 10, 1880. Children: Helen Louise (Mistress John Lawrence Miller), Margaret Howard (Baroness Margaret de Brueggen).