Arthur Webster | |
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.jpg) Webster c. 1915 | |
| Born | November 28, 1863 Brookline, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | May 15, 1923 (aged 59) Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Harvard College University of Berlin |
| Known for | Acoustics Ballistics Founder of the APS |
| Awards | Elihu Thomson prize (1895) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | Clark University |
| Thesis | Versuche über eine Methode zur Bestimmung des Verhältnisses der elektromagnetischen zur elektrostatischen Einheit der Elektricität (1890) |
| Doctoral advisor | Hermann von Helmholtz |
| Doctoral students | Mildred Allen Robert Goddard Albert Potter Wills |
Arthur Gordon Webster (November 28, 1863 – May 15, 1923) was an American physicist who founded the American Physical Society.