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Biographical Memoirs: Volume 62
Biographical Memoirs
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
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Biographical Memoirs: Volume 62
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Biographical Memoirs
VOLUME 62
NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS
WASHINGTON, D.C. 1993
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Biographical Memoirs: Volume 62
The National Academy of Sciences was established in 1863 by Act of Congress as a private, nonprofit, self-governing membership corporation for the furtherance of science and technology, required to advise the federal government upon request within its fields of competence. Under its corporate charter the Academy established the National Research Council in 1916, the National Academy of Engineering in 1964, and the Institute of Medicine in 1970.
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Biographical Memoirs: Volume 62
CONTENTS
PREFACE
ix
GEORGE FREDERIC BARKER
BY EDGAR F. SMITH
3
WILLIAM BLOOM
BY RONALD SINGER
17
JOHN NATHANIEL COUCH
BY PAUL J. SZANISZLO
39
MAX LUDWIG HENNING DELBRÜCK
BY WILLIAM HAYES
67
MICHAEL DOUDOROFF
BY H. A. BARKER
119
HERBERT FRIEDMANN
BY S. DILLON RIPLEY
143
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JACOB FURTH
BY SIDNEY WEINHOUSE AND JOHN F. FURTH
167
JOY PAUL GUILFORD
BY ANDREW L. COMREY
199
JOEL HENRY HILDEBRAND
BY KENNETH S. PITZER
225
GERARD PETER KUIPER
BY DALE P. CRUIKSHANK
259
LEONARD AMBY MAYNARD
BY DAPHNE A. ROE
297
I. I. RABI
BY NORMAN F. RAMSEY
311
RICHARD BROOKE ROBERTS
BY ROY J. BRITTEN
327
KENNETH DAVID ROEDER
BY V. G. DETHIER
351
FRANZ SCHRADER
BY KENNETH W. COOPER
369
WILLIAM SMITH TILLETT
BY H. SHERWOOD LAWRENCE
383
MAURICE BOLKS VISSCHER
BY HORACE W. DAVENPORT
415
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ROBERT WILLIAMS WOOD
BY G. H. DIEKE
441
DON MERLIN LEE YOST
BY JOHN S. WAUGH
467
CUMULATIVE INDEX
485
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PREFACE
On March 3, 1863, Abraham Lincoln signed the Act of Incorporation that brought the National Academy of Sciences into being. In accordance with that original charter, the Academy is a private, honorary organization of scientists, elected for outstanding contributions to knowledge, who can be called upon to advise the federal government. As an institution the Academy's goal is to work toward increasing scientific knowledge and to further the use of that knowledge for the general good.
The Biographical Memoirs, begun in 1877, are a series of volumes containing the life histories and selected bibliographies of deceased members of the Academy. Colleagues familiar with the discipline and the subject's work prepare the essays. These volumes, then, contain a record of the life and work of our most distinguished leaders in the sciences, as witnessed and interpreted by their colleagues and peers. They form a biographical history of science in America—an important part of our nation's contribution to the intellectual heritage of the world.
PETER H. RAVEN
Home Secretary
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