(Encyclopedia) Richardson, Lewis Fry, 1881–1953, British physicist and pioneering meteorologist, grad. Cambridge (1903), Univ. of London (B.Sc. 1929). Richardson worked at the National Physical…
(Encyclopedia) Perl, Martin Lewis, 1927–2014, American physicist, b. Brooklyn, N.Y., Ph.D. Columbia, 1955. He was a professor at the Univ. of Michigan from 1955 to 1963, when he accepted a position…
(Encyclopedia) Willkie, Wendell Lewis, 1892–1944, American industrialist and political leader, b. Elwood, Ind. After graduating from Indiana Univ. law school (1916), he practiced law in Ohio and then…
(Encyclopedia) Strauss, Lewis LichtensteinStrauss, Lewis Lichtensteinstrôz [key], 1896–1974, American financier, chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission (1953–58), b. Charleston, W.Va. In World War…
(Encyclopedia) Terman, Lewis MadisonTerman, Lewis Madisontûrˈmən [key], 1877–1956, American psychologist, b. Johnson co., Ind., grad. Indiana Univ., 1902, Ph.D. Clark Univ., 1905. He joined the…
(Encyclopedia) Stimson, Henry Lewis, 1867–1950, American statesman, b. New York City. A graduate of Yale and of Harvard, he became associated with Elihu Root in law practice in New York City. Stimson…
(Encyclopedia) radiochemistry, chemistry of radioactive substances (see radioactivity). Radioactive isotopes are very useful as tracers to study the mechanisms of complex organic reactions, since…
EATON, Lewis, a Representative from New York; born in New York, birth date unknown; sheriff of Schenectady County, 1821 and 1822; resided in Duanesburg; elected as Crawford Republican to the…
LEWIS, Abner, a Representative from New York; born in Panama, Chautauqua County, N.Y.; attended the public schools; member of the State assembly in 1838 and 1839; elected as a Whig to the…
LEWIS, Thomas, a Representative from Virginia; born in Augusta County, Va., birth date unknown; attended the common schools; presented credentials as a Federalist Representative-elect to the…
