Abstract :
George Washington Pierce was born in Webberville, Texas, January 11, 1872. He received the B.Sc. degree, University of Texas, 1893; M.A. degree, 1894; Harvard, 1898-1900, A.M. degree, 1899, Ph.D. degree, 1900; Leipzig, 1900-01. Asst. professor of physics, 1907-17; professor, 1917-21; Rumford professor, 1921 to date, Harvard University. Director of the Cruft High Tension Electrical Laboratory, 1914 to date; chairman of the Division of Physical Sciences, Harvard, 1927 to date. Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; member of the National Academy of Sciences, American Physical Society, American Institute of Electrical Engineers, Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft, American Acoustical Society, Inventors\´ Guild; Fellow and twice president of the Institute of Radio Engineers. Author of "The Principles of Wireless Telegraphy," 1910; "Electric Oscillations and Electric Waves," 1920; and of papers on crystal rectifiers, sound, electrical resonance, electric waves, transmission lines, theory of the antenna, piezo-electric crystal control of frequency, and applications of magnetostriction to frequency control and to the production and detection of sound. Inventor of devices for submarine signalling, vacuum-tube detectors, frequency control apparatus, etc.
