Katharine Burr Blodgett
Inventor, Physicist
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About Katharine Burr Blodgett
Engineer and scientist Katharine Burr Blodgett is renowned for making multiple significant contributions to the field of industrial chemistry. She is mostly credited for developing the color gauge and non-reflective or "invisible" glass.
Trivia
She was the first female to be awarded a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Cambridge in 1926.
Education
She attended Bryn Mawr College on a scholarship. She earned her degree in 1918 from the University of Chicago.
Career
She was General Electric's first female scientist to be hired following completion of her master's. Irving Langmuir, who had previously worked at the GE Research Lab with her father, was her coworker. She revolutionized lens technology for cinematography and created anti-reflective coatings for eyeglasses.
She made a new measurement breakthrough that allowed her to create non-reflecting glass in 1938. For physicists, chemists, and metallurgists, this invisible glass proved to be a highly useful tool. It has proved incredibly useful in optics and is used in many consumer products, including as picture frames and camera lenses.
She also had great success with the smoke screens during WWII. The smoke screens covered the soldiers, shielding them from the deadly fumes and saving many lives.
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F.A.Q. about Katharine Burr Blodgett
When is her birthday?
Katharine Burr Blodgett's birthday is on January 10, 1898.
In how many days is her birthday?
Katherine's birthday is in 43 days
How old was Katherine when she died?
She was 81 years old.
When did she die?
She died in October 12, 1979.
How old would she be today?
Katharine Burr Blodgett would be 125 years old if she was alive today.
Where was Katherine from?
She was born in Schenectady, New York, U.S..