David L Webster

David Locke Webster (November 6, 1888 – December 17, 1976) was an American physicist and physics professor. His early research on X-rays and Parson's magneton influenced Arthur Compton. Webster was a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the American Philosophical Society. He died in 1976 in Boston, Massachusetts. He was the author of General Physics for Colleges (Century, 1923) and of the book "X-Ray Emissivity as a Function of Cathode Potential" (1917). He was also the founder of the American Association of Physics Teachers (1930) and served as its Vice-President in 1933 and 1934 and as President in 1935 and 1936. During World War II, Webster served as head physicist in the United States Army Signal Corps (1942) and chief physicist in. the Ordnance Department (19 1942–45) He was awarded professor emeritus status at Stanford University in 1954. He also served as a consultant to these units after 1945. For more information on Webster, see his Wikipedia page.