William Comings White

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William Comings White (1890-1965) was an electrical engineer.[1] He was research assistant to, and cousin[2] of, the Nobel Prize winning chemist Irving Langmuir at the General Electric research laboratory.[3]

He helped to develop the Kenotron and Pliotron, two- and three-electrode vacuum tubes, which could be exhausted to an exceedingly high vacuum.[4]

He was awarded an honorary degree by Columbia University in 1948.[5]

[edit] References

  1. ^ (1967) The American Engineer. National Society of Professional Engineers, p. 18. Retrieved on 2008-01-21. 
  2. ^ Langmuir, Irving (1960). The Collected Works of Irving Langmuir. Pergamon Press, p. 101. Retrieved on 2008-01-21. 
  3. ^ Birr, Kendall (1957). Pioneering in Industrial Research: The Story of the General Electric Research Laboratory. Public Affairs Press, p. 52. Retrieved on 2008-01-21. 
  4. ^ Bucher, Elmer E. (1919). Vacuum Tubes in Wireless Communication. 
  5. ^ "COLUMBIA DEGREES ARE GIVEN TO", New York Times, 1948-06-02. Retrieved on 2008-01-21. 
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