Joseph Henry
1797–1878
American physicist and scientific administrator. Professor of mathematics and natural philosophy, Albany Academy, 1826. Professor of natural philosophy, College of New Jersey, 1832. Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1846–78. President, National Academy of Sciences, 1868–78.
Source
ANB.
Bibliography
ANB: American national biography. Edited by John A. Garraty and Mark C. Carnes. 24 vols. and supplement. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press. 1999–2002.
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