COMMeMOratiVe ISSue - Illuminating Engineering Society

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Samuel P. Langley 1888, U.S.
credited with 11 U.S. patents and writes 28 books
First to systematically measure relative spectral and 860 technical articles.
response of human vision and show that different
wavelengths had different visual power.
Hurbert Claude Weston 1926-45, England
Conducts extensive, realistic experiments to determine
visual speed and accuracy of visual per-
Matthew Luckiesh 1911-48, U.S.
Referred to as the “Father of the formance as functions of task size, contrast and
Science of Seeing,” he is involved luminance. Develops first systematic model for visual
performance.
with vision, optics, measurements,
light sources and virtually every
aspect of lighting applications. Is
Education
Application
Louis Bell 1902, U.S.
James R. Cravath 1906-10, U.S.
Produces first widely used general textbook on lighting, The Art of His writings on residence lighting, illuminating
engineering in small cities,
Illumination. Also a founding member of the IES.
fixture design and store lighting, among
H.H. Higbie 1920s-30s U.S.
other topics, appear frequently on the
Authors papers in IES Transactions on illumination of reading rooms pages of IES Transactions.
(libraries) and how glass affects daylighting.
Warren Edman 1960s, U.S.
Parry Moon & Domina E. Spencer
Develops theory and practice of highmast
lighting systems for roadway inter-
1930s-40s, U.S.
At MIT, they study lighting in empty rooms. Create the change lighting. Extends this concept to
first photorealistic images using radiosity methods.
other large nighttime work areas.
Spencer
C.E. Knox 1907, U.S.
George W. Patterson 1896, U.S.
Participates in what might have
Translates from the French and augments the first widely used textbook
on photometry, A Treatise on Industrial Photometry. The book is lighting project”—the Engineering So-
constituted the first “major electric
used in many early electrical engineering departments in the U.S.
cieties Building in New York City, the
one-time offices of the IES.
Russell C. Putnam 1950s, U.S.
Head of the Illuminating Engineering program at Case Mary Weber U.S.
Institute of Technology (now Case Western Reserve University).
Develops classroom and other educational facili-
helps establish practical criteria for
A residential lighting pioneer, she
ties lighting, for example full-scale mock-ups where students could try portable lamp shade dimensions and
out lighting ideas.
light transmissions.
Everett Strong 1940s, U.S.
Furthers electrical engineering education while at Cornell University.
Design
John Flynn & Sam Mills 1970s, U.S.
Authors of Architectural Lighting
Graphics, a pioneering reference for
the design of lighting elements such
Flynn
as coves, spot lighting and luminaire
The Industrialists
Those who formed pioneering lighting companies.
Founders
Company
Bernhard & Moses Blitzer Lightolier
A.D. Curtis
Curtis Lighting
Thomas Edison
General Electric
Edwin F. Guth
St. Louis Brass Co.
(renamed Edwin F.
Guth Co.)
Harvey Hubbell
Hubbell Lighting
Samuel B. Herst
Peerless Lighting
placement. Flynn and a team of researchers also
publish an influential series of papers on the psychological
effects of lighting.
Samuel G. Hibben U.S.
Designs early special electric lighting effects for
monuments such as the Statue of Liberty and the
Golden Gate Bridge. Works on solutions to military
lighting problems and experiments with lights responding
to a whole spectrum of needs, from underwater
explorations to artificial plant growth.
Thomas Jefferson 1780s-early 1800s, U.S.
Employs daylighting techniques in the
design of the Virginia Capitol and the University
of Virginia.
Richard Kelly 1930s, U.S.
Helps found the lighting design profession by starting
his own practice before entering college. Projects include
the Kimball Museum of Fine Arts, the Yale Center at British
Art and Studies and the Seagram Building.
Stanley McCandless 1930s, U.S.
In his book, A Method of Lighting the Stage, the
Yale professor articulates what’s now known as the
four-point McCandless Technique.
Robert W. McKinley 1947, U.S
Serves as editor of the first IES Handbook. Also, a leading
expert in the use of passive solar energy and internationally
recognized authority on glass and glazing.
W. D’Arcy Ryan early 1900s, U.S.
Considered the greatest practitioner of
outdoor lighting of the age. He lights Niagara
Falls in 1907 and designs and installs the
lighting for the entire Pan Pacific International
Exhibition of 1915 in San Francisco and the Century
of Progress Exposition at Chicago in 1933. Believed
to be the first person in the U.S. to hold the title “illuminating
engineer.”
John Waldram 1953, England
Authors the groundbreaking paper “Studies in Interior
Lighting.”
Anton & John Kliegl Kliegl Brothers
Lighting
John W. Lieb
Electrical Testing
Laboratories
Otis Mygatt
Holophane Company
Edison Price
Edison Price Lighting
Frode C.V. Rambusch Rambusch
Decorating Company
F.W. Wakefield
Wakefield Lighting
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