Edward morley biography
- Edward Williams Morley (January 29, 1838 – February 24, 1923) was an American scientist known for his precise and accurate measurement of the atomic weight.
- Edward Williams Morley was an American scientist known for his precise and accurate measurement of the atomic weight of oxygen, and for the Michelson–Morley experiment.
- Edward Williams Morley was an American chemist who is best known for his collaboration with the physicist A.A. Michelson in an attempt to.
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Edward Williams Morley (January 29, 1838 – February 24, 1923) was an Americanphysicist and chemist. He is best known for an experiment in which he collaborated with Albert Abraham Michelson, to determine whether the speed of light was affected by the Earth's orbital movement through space. The results of the experiment led to rejection of the theory that light is transmitted through a medium, or ether. The implications of the Michelson-Morley experiment have been widely discussed from the time its results were published in 1887 to the present day. Morley was a seminary graduate as well as a scientist, and for a time was a Congregational Church minister.
Biography
Early life
Morley was born in Newark, New Jersey, the eldest son of Sardis Brewster Morley and Anna Clarissa Treat. He was schooled at home until he was almost 20, when his family moved to Williamstown, Massachusetts, so that he and his three brothers could attend Williams College, his father's alma mater. Morley graduated from Williams College with a bachelor of science in 1860, and the following year e
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Edward W. Morley facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Edward W. Morley | |
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Morley c. 1880 | |
| Born | (1838-01-29)January 29, 1838 Newark, New Jersey |
| Died | February 24, 1923(1923-02-24) (aged 85) West Hartford, Connecticut |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Williams College |
| Known for | Michelson–Morley experiment |
| Spouse(s) | Imbella A. Birdsall (m. 1888; died 1922) |
| Awards | Elliott Cresson Medal (1912) Davy Medal (1907) Willard Gibbs Award (1917) |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Western Reserve College Western Reserve University |
Edward Williams Morley (January 29, 1838 – February 24, 1923) was an American scientist famous for his extremely precise and accurate measurement of the atomic weight of oxygen and for the Michelson–Morley experiment.
Biography
Morley was born in Newark, New Jersey, to Anna Clarissa Treat and the Reverend Sardis Brewster Morley. Both parents were of early colonial ancestry and of purely British origin. He grew up in West Hartford, Connecticut. During his childhood, he suffered much from ill health and was th
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Edward Williams Morley Family Papers
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Collection
Identifier: 10023-MS
Scope and Content
The Edward Williams Morley Family Papers consist of correspondence and a small number of miscellaneous papers of members of the Morley family from 1828 to 1922. Although there are few holograph letters from the chemist Edward Williams Morley himself (see box 6, folder 15), the family correspondence provides an extensive record of an upper-class, educated New England family of prominent clerics and educators in nineteenth-century America. It also contains an important collection of Civil War letters, including those written to Edward in the army, and those written by his brothers, especially the correspondence of Frank Gibson Morley and his parents, and additionally the letters of their father, Sardis Brewster Morley, who served as an army chaplain.
The collection is organized into the following series:
- Sardis Brewster Morley (1804-1889) Letters and Papers
- Edward Williams Morley Letters and Papers
- Frank Gibson Morley Correspondence with Par
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