William Vermillion Houston
Physicist, Academic
1900 – 1968
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Who was William Vermillion Houston?
William Vermillion Houston was an American physicist who made contributions to spectroscopy, quantum mechanics, and solid-state physics as well as being a teacher and administrator. He became the second president of Rice University in 1946.
His family name is pronounced HOW-stun, in contrast to the pronunciation of the city of Houston in which he lived for much of his career.
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- Born
- Jan 19, 1900
Mount Gilead - Also known as
- W. V. Houston
- William V. Houston
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- University of Chicago
- PhD, Ohio State University
Physics
( - 1925)
- Lived in
- Houston
( - 1968/08/22) - California
( - 1968/08/22)
- Houston
- Died
- Aug 22, 1968
Edinburgh
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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