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Greenleaf Whittier Pickard
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Greenleaf Whittier Pickard was an American inventor and physicist born in Portland in 1877. He received his education at Harvard University and worked within the field of technology. Throughout his career, he was recognized as a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, an affiliation reflected in the academy's collections.
Pickard passed away in Newton on January 8, 1956. His professional contributions were acknowledged with the IEEE Medal of Honor. He held citizenship in the United States during his lifetime.
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Greenleaf Whittier Pickard appears in Vinony's American Academy of Arts & Sciences collection — one of 9,870 entries.
Within Vinony's link graph, Greenleaf Whittier Pickard is referenced by 59 other articles, and connects out to IEEE Medal of Honor, silicon and Harvard University.
It is catalogued under topics including 1877 births, 1956 deaths and American inventors.
Its subject is documented across 12 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Portland
- Place of death
- Newton
- Occupation
- physicist
- Educated at
- Harvard University
- Award
- IEEE Medal of Honor
- Field of work
- technology
- Image
- Greenleaf Whittier Pickard in his Boston laboratory.PNG
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- date of birth
- 1877-02-14
- date of death
- 1956-01-08
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