William David Coolidge

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/William_David_Coolidge
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Edison_Medal
gptkb:Rumford_Prize
gptkbp:birthDate 1873-10-23
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Hudson,_Massachusetts,_United_States
gptkbp:deathDate 1975-02-03
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Schenectady,_New_York,_United_States
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Arthur_A._Noyes
gptkbp:education gptkb:Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology
gptkbp:employer gptkb:General_Electric
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label William David Coolidge
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:improved_X-ray_tube_(Coolidge_tube)
ductile tungsten
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkb:United_States_National_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:inventor
gptkb:physicist
gptkbp:patent gptkb:US_Patent_1,082,933_(ductile_tungsten)
gptkb:US_Patent_1,211,092_(X-ray_tube)
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Ethel_Westcott_Coolidge
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:William_Coolidge
gptkb:tungsten_filament_lamp
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6