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'''Name:''' William B. Cartmell
'''Nicknames/Other names:'''
'''Nicknames/Other names:'''


'''Education:'''
'''Education:'''


*Bachelor of Science - Case School of Applied Science, Cleveland, Ohio, USA (1900)
*Bachelor of Science (1900) - Case School of Applied Science, Cleveland, Ohio, USA


'''Years Employed:''' 1907 - 1911
'''Years Employed:''' 1907 - 1911


'''Faculty: '''Science; Engineering
'''Faculty: '''Science


'''Department:''' Physics; Electrical Engineering
'''Department:''' Physics & Electrical Engineering


'''Position(s) held:'''
'''Position(s) held:'''


*Professor of Physics and Electrical Engineering
*Professor of Physics and Electrical Engineering (1907 - 1911)


'''Activities/Contributions:'''
'''Activities/Contributions:'''


'''Notes: '''Held a fellowship at Harvard before coming to teach at UNB.
'''Notes: '''
*Held a fellowship at Harvard before coming to teach at UNB.
*Delivered the [https://graduations.lib.unb.ca/address/19314 Address in Praise of Founders] at Encoenia, 1911.
*In 1936 Cartmel challenged Einstein's theory of relativity at a joint meeting of the American Physical Society and the Optical Society of America.


'''Sources:'''
'''Sources:'''
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*''University Monthly'', vol. 27, no. 1, November 1907, p. 17.
*''University Monthly'', vol. 27, no. 1, November 1907, p. 17.
*''University Monthly'', vol. 30, no. 6, April 1911, p. 294.
*''University Monthly'', vol. 30, no. 6, April 1911, p. 294.
*UA Case 77.


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Latest revision as of 11:26, 26 April 2021

Nicknames/Other names:

Education:

  • Bachelor of Science (1900) - Case School of Applied Science, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Years Employed: 1907 - 1911

Faculty: Science

Department: Physics & Electrical Engineering

Position(s) held:

  • Professor of Physics and Electrical Engineering (1907 - 1911)

Activities/Contributions:

Notes: 

  • Held a fellowship at Harvard before coming to teach at UNB.
  • Delivered the Address in Praise of Founders at Encoenia, 1911.
  • In 1936 Cartmel challenged Einstein's theory of relativity at a joint meeting of the American Physical Society and the Optical Society of America.

Sources:

  • University Monthly, vol. 26, no. 7-8, May-June 1907, p. 255.
  • University Monthly, vol. 27, no. 1, November 1907, p. 17.
  • University Monthly, vol. 30, no. 6, April 1911, p. 294.
  • UA Case 77.


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