Albert Francis Zahm

Albert Francis Zahm
Zahm in 1930
Born	1862 New Lexington, Ohio, U.S.
Died	(1954-07-23)July 23, 1954 Notre Dame, Indiana, U.S.
Alma mater	University of Notre Dame Cornell University Johns Hopkins University
Known for	testimony in Wrights v. Curtiss
Awards	Laetare Medal
Scientific career
Fields	Aeronautics
Institutions	University of Notre Dame Catholic University Library of Congress
Thesis	The resistance of the air determined at speeds below one thousand feet a second, with description of two new methods of measuring projectile velocities inside and outside the gun. (1898)
Doctoral advisors	Joseph Sweetman Ames Henry Augustus Rowland Louis Duncan[1]
Doctoral students	Richard Harbert Smith

Albert Francis Zahm (1862 – July 23, 1954) was an early aeronautical experimenter, a professor of physics, and a chief of the Aeronautical Division of the U.S. Library of Congress. He testified as an aeronautical expert in the 1910–14 lawsuits between the Wright brothers and Glenn Curtiss.