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Willis Rodney Whitney

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Born:
Aug. 22, 1868, Jamestown, N.Y., U.S.
Died:
Jan. 9, 1958, Schenectady, N.Y. (aged 89)
Founder:
General Electric
Subjects Of Study:
electricity
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Willis Rodney Whitney (born Aug. 22, 1868, Jamestown, N.Y., U.S.—died Jan. 9, 1958, Schenectady, N.Y.) was an American chemist and founder of the General Electric Company’s research laboratory, where he directed pioneering work in electrical technology and was credited with setting the pattern for industrial scientific laboratory research in the United States. Whitney studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, and earned his Ph.D. from the University of Leipzig in 1896. Upon joining General Electric, Whitney founded (1900) its research laboratory at Schenectady, N.Y., and was its director (1900–28) and later vice president in charge of research (1928–41). There ...(100 of 146 words)

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