| LC control no. | n 87110803 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Saunders, Frederick A. (Frederick Albert), 1875-1963 |
| Variant(s) | Saunders, Frederick Albert, 1875-1963 Saunders, F. A. (Frederick Albert), 1875-1963 |
| Other standard no. | 23647536 Q1452773 0000000030618726 |
| Associated country | Canada United States |
| Associated place | Ottawa (Ont.) Toronto (Ont.) Baltimore (Md.) Haverford (Pa.) Syracuse (N.Y.) Poughkeepsie (N.Y.) Cambridge (Mass.) Washington (D.C.) South Hadley (Mass.) |
| Birth date | 1875-08-18 |
| Death date | 1963-06-09 |
| Place of birth | London (Ont.) |
| Place of death | South Hadley (Mass.) |
| Field of activity | Physics College teaching Spectrum analysis Optics Architectural acoustics Acoustics Violin |
| Affiliation | University of Toronto Johns Hopkins University Haverford College Syracuse University Vassar College Harvard University Mount Holyoke College United States. Bureau of Aircraft Production |
| Profession or occupation | Violinists Physicists University and college faculty members |
| Found in | LCCN 52-13903: His College physics, 1953 (hdg.: Saunders, Frederick Albert, 1875-1963; usage: Frederick A. Saunders) His The mechanical action of instruments of the violin family, 1986: t.p. (F.A. Saunders, Professor Emeritus, Harvard University) National Academy of Sciences Online, January 8, 2018: Frederick Albert Saunders, 1875-1963, a biographical memoir by Harry F. Olson (born in London, Ontario, on August 18, 1875; educated in London and Ottawa, Canada; Bachelor of Arts from Toronto University in 1895 and Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University in 1899; parents English; taught at Haverford College, University of Syracuse, Vassar College, Harvard University (chairman of Department of Physics for 12 years), Mt. Holyoke. Spectroscopist to the Bureau of Aircraft Production during WWI. Spectroscopy, architectural acoustics, acoustics, optics. Played violin) <http://www.nasonline.org/publications/biographical-memoirs/memoir-pdfs/saunders-frederick.pdf> American Institute of Physics website, January 8, 2018: Frederick Albert Saunders (The first part of his career was spent researching optical spectroscopy. The latter part of his career was spent studying the mechanical properties of violins and related string instruments, during which time he introduced the concept of the "loudness" curve - the curve of total intensity. Death: June 9, 1963, South Hadley (Mass.)) <https://history.aip.org/phn/11609005.html> |
| Associated language | eng |
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