Donald Anderson Edwards | |
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| Born | 5 January 1905 |
| Died | 19 December 1999 (aged 94) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Talladega College, BS University of Chicago, MS University of Pittsburgh, PhD |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | X-ray crystallography |
| Institutions | North Carolina A&T State University |
| Thesis | The Structural Characteristics of Some Magnesium–Cadmium Alloys between 25 °C and 300 °C as Determined by X-ray Diffraction |
| Notable students | Ronald McNair Joseph McNeil |
Donald Anderson Edwards (5 January 1905 – 19 December 1999) was an American physicist. Edwards was the founding chair of the physics department at North Carolina A&T State University, and spent his career teaching there and at other historically Black colleges and universities across the United States. His research was in the field of X-ray diffraction crystallography,[1] and he was known for his 1931 determination of the complete crystal structure of potassium nitrate.[2]