Lyman James Briggs (May 7, 1874 – March 25, 1963) was an American engineer, physicist and administrator. He was a director of the National Bureau of Standards during the Great Depression and chairman of the Uranium Committee before America entered the Second World War. The Lyman Briggs College at Michigan State University is named in his honor.
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7 May 1874 Assyria, Michigan, U.S.
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25 March 1963 (aged 88) Washington, D.C., U.S.
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Zodiac | Taurus |
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