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unusual facts about Alfred O. Tate



Alfred O. C. Nier

His work there led to the 1938 publication of measurements of the relative abundance of the isotopes of uranium, measurements that were used by Fritz Houtermans and Arthur Holmes in the 1940s to estimate the age of the Earth.

Erastus Benson

In the late 1890s, Benson was a central figure in the founding the first of the regional companies associated with the North American Phonograph Company called the Chicago Central Phonograph Company, along with Alfred O. Tate and Thomas Lombard.

Eugene T. Booth

During the Manhattan Project, Dunning conducted pioneering work at Columbia University on gaseous diffusion to separate uranium isotopes; others working on the project included Booth, Henry A. Boorse, Willard F. Libby, Alfred O. C. Nier, and Francis G. Slack.

James Tate

James W. Tate (1875–1922), songwriter, accompanist, and composer

James W. Tate

Lyrics to these songs where supplied by his regular lyricists Frank Clifford Harris and "Valentine" (Archibald Thomas Pechey), who were to write the lyrics of many of Tate's songs throughout his career.

Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate

In 2012 a new commission by Impichchaachaaha' Tate for the string quartet ETHEL will be premiered at the Park Avenue Armory.


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