Name John Fleming | Education University of Cincinnati | |
Born January 28, 1877
Cincinnati, United States ( 1877-01-28 ) Institutions U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Alma mater University of Cincinnati Notable awards National Academy of Sciences (1940)
William Bowie Medal (1941)
The Chree Medal and Prize (1945) Died July 29, 1956, San Mateo, California, United States Books Biographical Memoir of William Bowie, 1872-1940: National Academy of Sciences, Biographical Memoir V26, Fifth Memoir | ||
John Adam Fleming, (January 28, 1877 – July 29, 1956) was an American physicist interested in the magnetosphere and the atmospheric electricity. Fleming worked first at the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey and changed together with his superior Louis Agricola Bauer, who founded the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism at the Carnegie Institution of Washington. He steadily advanced in the hierarchy of the institute and became its director in 1935. Fleming was elected into the National Academy of Sciences in 1940.
John Adam Fleming Medal
Since 1960 the American Geophysical Union rewards notable scientists in the field of research about the magnetosphere and atmospheric electricity.
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