Edwin Fitch Northrup
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Edwin Fitch Northrup was a professor of physics at Princeton University
from 1910 to 1920. He was affiliated with the "Leeds & Northrup Company" for about seven years.
He studied at Amherst College
and the Johns Hopkins University
, where he gained his Ph.D. in physics in 1895. He then became assistant to Prof. Henry Augustus Rowland
(died 1901) in the development of telegraph systems and became chief engineer at the newly founded Rowland Printing Telegraph Company. In 1903 he co-founded the Leeds & Northrup Company with Morris E. Leeds
.
In 1937, Dr. Northrup published the science fiction
novel
Zero to Eighty under the pseudonym of Akkad Pseudoman.
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
from 1910 to 1920. He was affiliated with the "Leeds & Northrup Company" for about seven years.
He studied at Amherst College
Amherst College
Amherst College is a private liberal arts college located in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States. Amherst is an exclusively undergraduate four-year institution and enrolled 1,744 students in the fall of 2009...
and the Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins University
The Johns Hopkins University, commonly referred to as Johns Hopkins, JHU, or simply Hopkins, is a private research university based in Baltimore, Maryland, United States...
, where he gained his Ph.D. in physics in 1895. He then became assistant to Prof. Henry Augustus Rowland
Henry Augustus Rowland
Henry Augustus Rowland was a U.S. physicist. Between 1899 and 1901 he served as the first president of the American Physical Society...
(died 1901) in the development of telegraph systems and became chief engineer at the newly founded Rowland Printing Telegraph Company. In 1903 he co-founded the Leeds & Northrup Company with Morris E. Leeds
Morris E. Leeds
Morris E. Leeds was an American electrical engineer known for his many inventions in the field of electrical measuring devices and controls. He was inducted into the Academy of Natural Sciences and American Academy of Political and Social Science...
.
In 1937, Dr. Northrup published the science fiction
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
novel
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
Zero to Eighty under the pseudonym of Akkad Pseudoman.