Nathaniel S. Keith
Encyclopedia
Nathaniel Shepard Keith (July 14 1838 – January 1925) was an American
manufacturer, chemist, inventor, writer, and electrical engineer. Keith was born in Boston, Massachusetts and worked in his fathers laboratory. He was instrumental in designing, manufacturing, and installing the original electric lighting and power system in San Francisco, California
. In 1884 he became editor of Electric World, co-founded the American Institute of Electrical Engineers
(AIEE)and served as the first secretary of the organization. The AIEE merged with other societies in 1963 to become the IEEE, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
.
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manufacturer, chemist, inventor, writer, and electrical engineer. Keith was born in Boston, Massachusetts and worked in his fathers laboratory. He was instrumental in designing, manufacturing, and installing the original electric lighting and power system in San Francisco, California
San Francisco, California
San Francisco , officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the San Francisco Bay Area, a region of 7.15 million people which includes San Jose and Oakland...
. In 1884 he became editor of Electric World, co-founded the American Institute of Electrical Engineers
American Institute of Electrical Engineers
The American Institute of Electrical Engineers was a United States based organization of electrical engineers that existed between 1884 and 1963, when it merged with the Institute of Radio Engineers to form the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers .- History :The 1884 founders of the...
(AIEE)and served as the first secretary of the organization. The AIEE merged with other societies in 1963 to become the IEEE, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers is a non-profit professional association headquartered in New York City that is dedicated to advancing technological innovation and excellence...
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External links
James O'Leary, “Nathaniel Shepard Keith,” in The Builders of a Great City: San Francisco's Representative Men, the City, Its History and Commerce: Pregnant Facts Regarding the Growth of the Leading Branches of Trade, Industries and Products of the State and Coast, Volume 1 (San Francisco: San Francisco journal of commerce publishing co., 1891), 229-230.http://www.archive.org/details/buildersofgreatc00sanf