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From 1894 to 1905, Langford taught physics at Wellesley. In 1905, she began research at Barnard College, where she also taught. She briefly returned to Wellesley to teach in 1908, then remained at Barnard for several years. She published her research in
188:, where she earned her B.S. in physics in 1900, as the only woman in her graduating class. Her senior thesis was titled "An Investigation of the Effect of Dilution on the Color of Copper Solution and its Relation to the Dissociation Theory." 184:, the seventh and youngest child of John Langford and Celestina Eldridge Langford. She graduated from Plymouth High School in 1889. She attended Wellesley College, where she was an instructor and undergraduate student simultaneously, and the 588: 628: 618: 593: 623: 613: 468: 643: 638: 633: 399: 185: 94: 389: 156:(June 27, 1871 – December 4, 1957) was an American physicist known for her work in physics education and research on the 603: 578: 608: 598: 372: 583: 441: 415: 204:
She also reported on the activities of the Faculty Science Club of Wellesley College in the journal
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Rayner-Canham, Marelene F.; Rayner-Canham, Geoffrey W. (February 7, 1992).
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Langford died in Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1957, aged 86 years.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Science alumni
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Grace Langford, from the 1914 yearbook of Barnard College
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Plymouth, Massachusetts
Alma mater
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Physics
Physics education
Barnard College
Wellesley College
infrared
phosphates
Wellesley College
Barnard College
Plymouth, Massachusetts
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Physical Review
Science
"Untitled brief item"


"Pres. Crafts's Farewell"
"Times have changed since graduation of last century class"
"Wellesley College"
Ogilvie, Marilyn
Harvey, Joy
The biographical dictionary of women in science
ISBN
0-415-92038-8
Harriet Brooks: Pioneer Nuclear Scientist
ISBN
978-0-7735-6318-6

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