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William Francis Gray Swann. W.F.G. Swann (August 29, 1884 – January 29, 1962) was an English physicist. [1] Education. He was educated at Brighton Technical College and the Royal College of Science from which he obtained a B.Sc. in 1905.
May 14, 2018 · Swann, William F(rancis) G(ray)(1884-1962) Physicist and educator who wrote on parapsychology. He was born on August 29, 1884, at Ironbridge, Shropshire, England.
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Abstract. William Swann was Director Emeritus of the Bartol Research Foundation (1959-1962). Other institutional affiliations included Yale University, University of Minnesota, and Carnegie Institution of Washington. His research interests included high energy physics and cosmic rays.
At Minnesota, he came under the guidance of William Francis Gray Swann, a physics professor and accomplished cellist who steered Lawrence into electromagnetic theory and on to Yale University, from which he would receive his Ph.D. in physics in 1925.
Physicist W.F.G. Swann was a pioneer in high energy physics and the study of cosmic rays. Climbing the academic ranks from the University of Sheffield to the Universities of Minnesota, Chicago, and Yale, Swann was selected as the first director of the Bartol Research Foundation of the Franklin Institute in 1927, and remained there until his ...
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William Francis Gray Swann (1884 – 1962) was an Anglo-American physicist.
