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oratory, generally looked upon jcs' Wa 

 contribution to the world of science, Pro- 

 fessor Tro<\'briage was for many years a 

 director. Altogether ho save forty lyoara of 

 his life to developing this science, resigning 

 active participation in the fall of 1910. 



Before entering on hla great work Pro- 

 fessor Trowbridge was assistant In math- 

 ematics at Harvard from JS6Q to 1H09, and 

 for the followins- year hp. was professor of 

 physics at tlv? JNraps;!c!nisptts Institute of 

 I Technology. Prom lS7n to 18S0 he was 

 Mslstant professor in physics at Harvard 

 and it was tlien that President Eliot fo- 

 cussed his attention on him as one destined 

 to advance th.9 science of physics to an 

 unusual degree. 



Professor Trowbridge was a member of 

 the N.itlnn.Tl Academy of Arts and Sciences, 

 tlip : H : Aradoniy of Arts and Soi- 



en>'. rlr;m Philosophical So- 



clt'l; viitton many p^ipers on 



plij'!- ! i i . -uiy on matters touching 

 the electrical licl.l .and ha had been a dele- 

 gate to several national and international 

 congresses of electrician."!. He also was the 

 author of many volumes. 



In 1875 Professor Trowbridge married 

 Mary Loui.w Thayer. She died lii 1907. 

 His survivors are an adopted daugliter, tlie 

 , wife of Edmund jr. Parker of C/imbrldge, 

 and a sister, Jlrs. E. Sumner Mansaeld, ' 



I The will of Professor John Trow- 

 bridge, late Rumfqrd professor emcri- 

 iits (if physics at Harvard, has been 

 filed for probate in the East Cam- 

 tains no valuation of the estate, which 

 is hi-Iievcd. hnuover, to be in the vi- 

 cinity of $1(1(1,000. Drfinile bequests 

 of .$(ig,000, and a resichiafy bequest, all 

 to relatives, are contained in the will 

 The State Street Trust Company, 

 Boston, is named as executor. 



