Cyrus Fogg Brackett
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 109 years ago |
Date of birth | June 24,1833 |
Zodiac sign | Cancer |
Born | York |
Pennsylvania | |
United States | |
Date of died | January 29,1915 |
Died | Princeton |
New Jersey | |
United States | |
Books | Elementary Text-book of Physics |
Electricity in Daily Life: A Popular Account of the Applications of Electricity to Every Day Uses | |
Cyrus Fogg Brackett (1833-1915) of Princeton: Pioneer in Electrical Engineering Education | |
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ID | 1829710 |
Cyrus Fogg Brackett Life story
Cyrus Fogg Brackett (1833-1915), first Joseph Henry Professor of Physics and founder of the Electrical Engineering Department, was born on a farm in Parsonfield, Maine. He put himself through Bowdoin College by teaching in country schools, graduating in 1859 when he was twenty-six.