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William Vermillion Houston

American physicist (1900–1968)

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Instance of: human
Born: 19 January 1900
Died: 22 August 1968
Place of birth: Mount Gilead
Place of death: Edinburgh
Sex or gender: male
Given name: William
Family name: Houston
Occupation: physicist, science administrator, university teacher, university president
Position held: President of Rice University
Citizenship: United States
Awards: Guggenheim Fellowship
archives at: Woodson Research Center
described by source: Physicists: Biographical Dictionary
doctoral advisor: Alfred Dodge Cole
doctoral student: Hugh Bradner, Robert B. Leighton, Jesse DuMond, Leverett Davis, Robert V. Langmuir
educated at: Ohio State University, University of Chicago
employer: Rice University, Ohio State University, California Institute of Technology
member of: National Academy of Sciences, American Philosophical Society

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