Ogden Nicholas Rood
1831–1902
American physicist and painter. Studied physics and chemistry in Germany, 1854–8. Professor of chemistry, University of Troy, New York State, 1858; professor of physics, Columbia College, 1863. Specialised in light, optics, and colour, and also published textbooks on colour for artists. Member of the National Academy of Science, 1865; vice-president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1869.
Source
ANB.
Bibliography
ANB: American national biography. Edited by John A. Garraty and Mark C. Carnes. 24 vols. and supplement. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press. 1999–2002.
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