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Morley – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Edward W. Morley" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Morley" title="Edward Morley – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Edward Morley" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%84%DB%8C" title="ادوارد مورلی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="ادوارد مورلی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Morley" title="Edward Morley – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Edward Morley" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Williams_Morley" title="Edward Williams Morley – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Edward Williams Morley" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%97%90%EB%93%9C%EC%9B%8C%EB%93%9C_%EB%AA%B0%EB%A6%AC" title="에드워드 몰리 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="에드워드 몰리" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B7%D5%A4%D5%BE%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A4_%D5%88%D6%82%D5%AB%D5%AC%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%B4%D5%BD_%D5%84%D5%B8%D6%80%D5%AC%D5%AB" title="Էդվարդ Ուիլյամս Մորլի – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Էդվարդ Ուիլյամս Մորլի" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Williams_Morley" title="Edward Williams Morley – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Edward Williams Morley" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_W._Morley" title="Edward W. Morley – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Edward W. Morley" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Morley" title="Edward Morley – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Edward Morley" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%93%D7%95%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%93_%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%9C%D7%99" title="אדוארד מורלי – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="אדוארד מורלי" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%8E%E0%B2%A1%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B5%E0%B2%B0%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%A1%E0%B3%8D_%E0%B2%B5%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%B2%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%AF%E0%B2%AE%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B8%E0%B3%8D_%E0%B2%AE%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%B0%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B2%E0%B3%86" title="ಎಡ್ವರ್ಡ್ ವಿಲಿಯಮ್ಸ್ ಮಾರ್ಲೆ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಎಡ್ವರ್ಡ್ ವಿಲಿಯಮ್ಸ್ ಮಾರ್ಲೆ" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Morley" title="Edward Morley – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Edward Morley" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%94%E1%83%93%E1%83%95%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%93_%E1%83%A3%E1%83%98%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%90%E1%83%9B%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%9B%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A0%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98" title="ედვარდ უილიამს მორლი – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="ედვარდ უილიამს მორლი" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%89" title="ادوارد مورلى – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="ادوارد مورلى" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Morley" title="Edward Morley – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Edward Morley" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%89%E3%83%AF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC" title="エドワード・モーリー – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="エドワード・モーリー" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Morley" title="Edward Morley – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Edward Morley" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_W._Morley" title="Edward W. Morley – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Edward W. Morley" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Morley" title="Edward Morley – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Edward Morley" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BB%D0%B8,_%D0%AD%D0%B4%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC%D1%81" title="Морли, Эдвард Уильямс – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Морли, Эдвард Уильямс" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a 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Morley</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Morley,_Edward_1885_-_DPLA_-_14e3c8f7e1c1b3728376637d7c07405e.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Morley%2C_Edward_1885_-_DPLA_-_14e3c8f7e1c1b3728376637d7c07405e.jpg/220px-Morley%2C_Edward_1885_-_DPLA_-_14e3c8f7e1c1b3728376637d7c07405e.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="292" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Morley%2C_Edward_1885_-_DPLA_-_14e3c8f7e1c1b3728376637d7c07405e.jpg/330px-Morley%2C_Edward_1885_-_DPLA_-_14e3c8f7e1c1b3728376637d7c07405e.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Morley%2C_Edward_1885_-_DPLA_-_14e3c8f7e1c1b3728376637d7c07405e.jpg/440px-Morley%2C_Edward_1885_-_DPLA_-_14e3c8f7e1c1b3728376637d7c07405e.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3016" data-file-height="4000" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Morley c. 1885</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1838-01-29</span>)</span>January 29, 1838<br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Newark,_New_Jersey" title="Newark, New Jersey">Newark, New Jersey</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">February 24, 1923<span style="display:none">(1923-02-24)</span> (aged 85)<br /><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace"><a href="/wiki/West_Hartford,_Connecticut" title="West Hartford, Connecticut">West Hartford, Connecticut</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nationality</th><td class="infobox-data category">American</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Alma mater</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Williams_College" title="Williams College">Williams College</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Known for</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Michelson%E2%80%93Morley_experiment" title="Michelson–Morley experiment">Michelson–Morley experiment</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Fine_structure" title="Fine structure">Fine structure</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;">Imbella A. 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Both parents were of early colonial ancestry and of purely British origin. He grew up in <a href="/wiki/West_Hartford,_Connecticut" title="West Hartford, Connecticut">West Hartford, Connecticut</a>. During his childhood, he suffered much from ill health and was therefore educated by his father at home until the age of nineteen.<sup id="cite_ref-r1_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-r1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1857 Morley entered <a href="/wiki/Williams_College" title="Williams College">Williams College</a> at <a href="/wiki/Williamstown,_Massachusetts" title="Williamstown, Massachusetts">Williamstown, Massachusetts</a>, his father's alma mater. He received his A.B. in 1860 and his master's degree in 1863. Around 1860 he gradually shifted his attention from chemistry, which fascinated him since he was child, to optics and astronomy. In 1860–61 he mounted a transit instrument, constructed a <a href="/wiki/Chronograph" title="Chronograph">chronograph</a>, and made the first accurate determination of the <a href="/wiki/Latitude" title="Latitude">latitude</a> of the college observatory. This determination was the subject of his first published paper, which was read before the <a href="/wiki/American_Association_for_the_Advancement_of_Science" title="American Association for the Advancement of Science">American Association for the Advancement of Science</a> in 1866.<sup id="cite_ref-r1_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-r1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Upon advice of his parents, Morley entered Andover Theological Seminary in 1861, finishing in 1864. It was here, probably, that he acquired a good working knowledge of Hebrew. From 1866 to 1868 he was a teacher in a private school and later, in 1868, he was called to preach in a small country parish in <a href="/wiki/Ohio" title="Ohio">Ohio</a>. At about the same time, he was appointed professor of chemistry in Western Reserve College (then situated at <a href="/wiki/Hudson,_Ohio" title="Hudson, Ohio">Hudson, Ohio</a> and later moved to <a href="/wiki/Cleveland" title="Cleveland">Cleveland</a> and renamed <a href="/wiki/Case_Western_Reserve_University" title="Case Western Reserve University">Case Western Reserve University</a>), where he remained until his retirement in 1906. This appointment was the turning point in his career. In 1873 he also became professor of chemistry in <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Medical_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland Medical College">Cleveland Medical College</a>, but resigned this chair in 1888 to have more time for research. Just before moving to Hudson he married Miss Imbella A. Birdsall.<sup id="cite_ref-r1_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-r1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During his residence in Cleveland, Morley assembled one of the best private collections of chemical periodicals in the United States. He even included Russian journals and learned enough of the Russian language to use them. After his retirement from teaching, the university purchased his library and relocated to the chemical laboratory named after him. In 1906, he moved to <a href="/wiki/West_Hartford,_Connecticut" title="West Hartford, Connecticut">West Hartford, Connecticut</a>, where he built a small house and a laboratory for his personal studies of rocks and minerals.<sup id="cite_ref-r1_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-r1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Morley was a prolific author; he published 55 articles. He outlived his wife by only a few months and, following a surgical operation, died in the <a href="/wiki/Hartford_Hospital" title="Hartford Hospital">Hartford Hospital</a> in 1923.<sup id="cite_ref-r1_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-r1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Research">Research</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Edward_W._Morley&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Research"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Optics_and_astronomy">Optics and astronomy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Edward_W._Morley&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Optics and astronomy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Morley's most-significant work came in the field of <a href="/wiki/Physics" title="Physics">physics</a> and <a href="/wiki/Optics" title="Optics">optics</a>. In this, he collaborated with and assisted the <a href="/wiki/Physicist" title="Physicist">physicist</a> <a href="/wiki/Albert_A._Michelson" title="Albert A. Michelson">Albert A. Michelson</a> for several years around 1887. They set up, executed, and improved their techniques many times in what we call the <a href="/wiki/Michelson%E2%80%93Morley_experiment" title="Michelson–Morley experiment">Michelson–Morley experiment</a>. This involved making more and more accurate measurements of the <a href="/wiki/Speed_of_light" title="Speed of light">speed of light</a> in various directions, and at different times of the year, as the Earth revolved in its orbit around the Sun. These careful measurements were created to measure the differences in the speed of light in different directions. Michelson and Morley always found that the speed of light did not vary at all depending on the direction of measurement, or the position of the Earth in its orbit, deducing what we call a "<a href="/wiki/Null_result" title="Null result">null result</a>" for their speed-of-light experiments.<sup id="cite_ref-ANB_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ANB-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Neither he nor Michelson ever considered that these null results disproved the hypothesis of the existence of "<a href="/wiki/Luminiferous_aether" title="Luminiferous aether">luminiferous aether</a>", in which <a href="/wiki/Electromagnetic_wave" class="mw-redirect" title="Electromagnetic wave">electromagnetic waves</a> were thought to be propagated. Their null results led the Irish physicist <a href="/wiki/George_Francis_FitzGerald" title="George Francis FitzGerald">George Francis FitzGerald</a> to postulate what we now call the <a href="/wiki/FitzGerald%E2%80%93Lorentz_contraction" class="mw-redirect" title="FitzGerald–Lorentz contraction">FitzGerald–Lorentz contraction</a> of physical objects in the direction of their movement in inertial frames of reference. </p><p>However, other scientists did come to the conclusion that the <a href="/wiki/Luminiferous_aether" title="Luminiferous aether">aether</a> did not exist. The results of the Michelson–Morley experiments supported <a href="/wiki/Albert_Einstein" title="Albert Einstein">Albert Einstein</a>'s strong <a href="/wiki/Postulate" class="mw-redirect" title="Postulate">postulate</a> in 1905 that the speed of light is a constant in all <a href="/wiki/Inertial_frames_of_reference" class="mw-redirect" title="Inertial frames of reference">inertial frames of reference</a> for his <a href="/wiki/Special_Theory_of_Relativity" class="mw-redirect" title="Special Theory of Relativity">Special Theory of Relativity</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ANB_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ANB-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Morley also collaborated with <a href="/wiki/Dayton_Miller" title="Dayton Miller">Dayton Miller</a> on positive aether experiments after his work with Michelson.<sup id="cite_ref-ANB_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ANB-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Morley himself made measurements of the <a href="/wiki/Speed_of_light" title="Speed of light">speed of light</a> when it passes through a strong <a href="/wiki/Magnetic_field" title="Magnetic field">magnetic field</a>. He also studied the <a href="/wiki/Thermal_expansion" title="Thermal expansion">thermal expansion</a> of solid materials. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Chemistry">Chemistry</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Edward_W._Morley&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Chemistry"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At Western Reserve College, Morley was required to teach, not only chemistry, but also geology and botany, leaving him little time for research. Nevertheless, he found time during the first ten years at Hudson to publish five articles, mostly on the accuracy of measurements.<sup id="cite_ref-r1_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-r1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In chemistry, his original field, Morley had worked on determining accurate values for the <a href="/wiki/Chemical_composition" title="Chemical composition">composition</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Earth%27s_atmosphere" class="mw-redirect" title="Earth's atmosphere">atmosphere</a> and the weights of its gases. His work on the atomic weight of oxygen covered a period of eleven years. Much time was spent in the calibration of instruments and improving the measurement accuracy to the highest possible degree (ca. 1 part per 10,000).<sup id="cite_ref-r1_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-r1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1895 he introduced a new value for the atomic weight ratio of oxygen to hydrogen, providing the most precise determination of the atomic weight of oxygen at the time. His research on the atomic weight of oxygen was recognized as a <a href="/wiki/National_Historic_Chemical_Landmarks" title="National Historic Chemical Landmarks">National Historic Chemical Landmark</a> by the <a href="/wiki/American_Chemical_Society" title="American Chemical Society">American Chemical Society</a> in 1995.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honors">Honors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Edward_W._Morley&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Honors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Morley was elected to the <a href="/wiki/American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences" title="American Academy of Arts and Sciences">American Academy of Arts and Sciences</a> in 1892.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was the president of the <a href="/wiki/American_Association_for_the_Advancement_of_Science" title="American Association for the Advancement of Science">American Association for the Advancement of Science</a> in 1895 and he was the president of the <a href="/wiki/American_Chemical_Society" title="American Chemical Society">American Chemical Society</a> in 1899. In 1903, he was elected to the <a href="/wiki/American_Philosophical_Society" title="American Philosophical Society">American Philosophical Society</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was awarded the <a href="/wiki/Davy_Medal" title="Davy Medal">Davy Medal</a>, named for the great British chemist <a href="/wiki/Sir_Humphry_Davy" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Humphry Davy">Sir Humphry Davy</a>, by the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Society" title="Royal Society">Royal Society</a> of London in 1907. He also won the <a href="/wiki/Elliott_Cresson_Medal" title="Elliott Cresson Medal">Elliott Cresson Medal</a>, awarded by the <a href="/wiki/Franklin_Institute" title="Franklin Institute">Franklin Institute</a> of <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a>, in 1912, for important contributions to the science of chemistry.<sup id="cite_ref-r1_1-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-r1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He received the <a href="/wiki/Willard_Gibbs_Award" title="Willard Gibbs Award">Willard Gibbs Award</a> of the Chicago Section of the <a href="/wiki/American_Chemical_Society" title="American Chemical Society">American Chemical Society</a> in 1917.<sup id="cite_ref-ACS-Chicago_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ACS-Chicago-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Moon" title="Moon">lunar</a> <a href="/wiki/Impact_crater" title="Impact crater">crater</a> <a href="/wiki/Morley_(crater)" title="Morley (crater)">Morley</a> on the near side was named for him. The <a href="/wiki/West_Hartford_Public_Schools#Elementary_schools" title="West Hartford Public Schools">Morley Elementary School</a> in <a href="/wiki/West_Hartford,_Connecticut" title="West Hartford, Connecticut">West Hartford, Connecticut</a>, was also named for him, as was the Morley Scientific Laboratory on the Williams College campus. <a href="/wiki/Edward_W._Morley_House" title="Edward W. Morley House">His house</a> in West Hartford was made a <a href="/wiki/National_Historic_Landmark" title="National Historic Landmark">National Historic Landmark</a> in 1975. </p><p>The <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.acscleveland.org/">Cleveland Section of the American Chemical Society</a> (Cleveland-ACS) annually sponsors a regional award named in honor of Edward W. Morley, which consists of the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.acscleveland.org/2021/09/call-for-nominations-2022-edward-w-morley-award/">Morley Medal</a> in addition to a monetary honorarium. The purpose of this annual award by the Cleveland-ACS is to recognize contributions to chemistry through outstanding achievements in research, teaching, research administration, engineering, and public service. The contributions for which the award is given should have been made within about 250 miles of Cleveland, the research home of Edward W. Morley. Notable early awardees include <a href="/wiki/Melvin_Spencer_Newman" title="Melvin Spencer Newman">Melvin S. Newman</a> (1969) (known for Newman projections in organic chemistry), and Nobel Prize laureate <a href="/wiki/George_Andrew_Olah" title="George Andrew Olah">George A. Olah</a> in 1970. 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Draper</a> (1876)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._Lawrence_Smith_(chemist)" title="J. Lawrence Smith (chemist)">J. Lawrence Smith</a> (1877)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_William_Johnson" title="Samuel William Johnson">Samuel William Johnson</a> (1878)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Sterry_Hunt" title="Thomas Sterry Hunt">T. Sterry Hunt</a> (1879)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Augustus_Genth" title="Frederick Augustus Genth">Frederick A. Genth</a> (1880)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_F._Chandler" title="Charles F. Chandler">Charles F. Chandler</a> (1881)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Mallet" title="John Mallet">John W. Mallet</a> (1882)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Curtis_Booth" title="James Curtis Booth">James C. Booth</a> (1883)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albert_Benjamin_Prescott" title="Albert Benjamin Prescott">Albert B. Prescott</a> (1886)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Anthony_Goessmann" title="Charles Anthony Goessmann">Charles Anthony Goessmann</a> (1887)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Sterry_Hunt" title="Thomas Sterry Hunt">T. Sterry Hunt</a> (1888)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_F._Chandler" title="Charles F. Chandler">Charles F. Chandler</a> (1889)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Bradford_Nason" title="Henry Bradford Nason">Henry B. Nason</a> (1890)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Frederick_Barker" title="George Frederick Barker">George F. Barker</a> (1891)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Chapman_Caldwell" title="George Chapman Caldwell">George C. Caldwell</a> (1892)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harvey_Washington_Wiley" title="Harvey Washington Wiley">Harvey W. Wiley</a> (1893)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edgar_Fahs_Smith" title="Edgar Fahs Smith">Edgar Fahs Smith</a> (1895)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Benjamin_Dudley" title="Charles Benjamin Dudley">Charles B. Dudley</a> (1896)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Edward_Munroe" title="Charles Edward Munroe">Charles E. Munroe</a> (1898)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Edward W. Morley</a> (1899)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_McMurtrie" title="William McMurtrie">William McMurtrie</a> (1900)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1901–1925</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Wigglesworth_Clarke" title="Frank Wigglesworth Clarke">Frank W. Clarke</a> (1901)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ira_Remsen" title="Ira Remsen">Ira Remsen</a> (1902)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_H._Long_(chemist)" title="John H. Long (chemist)">John H. Long</a> (1903)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Amos_Noyes" title="Arthur Amos Noyes">Arthur Amos Noyes</a> (1904)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Preston_Venable" title="Francis Preston Venable">Francis P. Venable</a> (1905)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Francis_Hillebrand" title="William Francis Hillebrand">William F. Hillebrand</a> (1906)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marston_T._Bogert" title="Marston T. Bogert">Marston T. Bogert</a> (1907)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willis_R._Whitney" title="Willis R. Whitney">Willis R. Whitney</a> (1909)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilder_Dwight_Bancroft" title="Wilder Dwight Bancroft">Wilder D. Bancroft</a> (1910)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Smith_(chemist)" title="Alexander Smith (chemist)">Alexander Smith</a> (1911)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Dehon_Little" title="Arthur Dehon Little">Arthur Dehon Little</a> (1912)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theodore_William_Richards" title="Theodore William Richards">Theodore W. Richards</a> (1914)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Herty" title="Charles Herty">Charles H. Herty</a> (1915)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julius_Stieglitz" title="Julius Stieglitz">Julius Stieglitz</a> (1917)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_H._Nichols" title="William H. Nichols">William H. Nichols</a> (1918)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_A._Noyes" title="William A. Noyes">William A. Noyes</a> (1920)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edgar_Fahs_Smith" title="Edgar Fahs Smith">Edgar Fahs Smith</a> (1921)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Curtis_Franklin" title="Edward Curtis Franklin">Edward C. Franklin</a> (1923)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leo_Baekeland" title="Leo Baekeland">Leo H. Baekeland</a> (1924)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Flack_Norris" title="James Flack Norris">James Flack Norris</a> (1925)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1926–1950</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_D._Rosengarten&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="George D. Rosengarten (page does not exist)">George D. Rosengarten</a> (1927)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_W._Parr" class="mw-redirect" title="Samuel W. Parr">Samuel W. Parr</a> (1928)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irving_Langmuir" title="Irving Langmuir">Irving Langmuir</a> (1929)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_McPherson_(university_president)" title="William McPherson (university president)">William McPherson</a> (1930)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moses_Gomberg" title="Moses Gomberg">Moses Gomberg</a> (1931)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_V._Redman" title="Lawrence V. Redman">Lawrence V. Redman</a> (1932)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Arthur_B._Lamb&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Arthur B. Lamb (page does not exist)">Arthur B. Lamb</a> (1933)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_L._Reese&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Charles L. Reese (page does not exist)">Charles L. Reese</a> (1934)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roger_Adams" title="Roger Adams">Roger Adams</a> (1935)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Bartow" title="Edward Bartow">Edward Bartow</a> (1936)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_R._Weidlein" title="Edward R. Weidlein">Edward R. Weidlein</a> (1937)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_C._Whitmore" title="Frank C. Whitmore">Frank C. Whitmore</a> (1938)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_A._Kraus" title="Charles A. Kraus">Charles A. Kraus</a> (1939)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_C._Lind" title="Samuel C. Lind">Samuel C. Lind</a> (1940)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Lloyd_Evans&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="William Lloyd Evans (page does not exist)">William Lloyd Evans</a> (1941)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Harry_N._Holmes&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Harry N. Holmes (page does not exist)">Harry N. Holmes</a> (1942)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Per_K._Frolich&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Per K. Frolich (page does not exist)">Per K. Frolich</a> (1943)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Midgley_Jr." title="Thomas Midgley Jr.">Thomas Midgley Jr.</a> (1944)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carl_Shipp_Marvel" title="Carl Shipp Marvel">Carl S. Marvel</a> (1945)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bradley_Dewey&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bradley Dewey (page does not exist)">Bradley Dewey</a> (1946)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/W._Albert_Noyes_Jr." title="W. Albert Noyes Jr.">W. Albert Noyes Jr.</a> (1947)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Allen_Thomas" title="Charles Allen Thomas">Charles A. Thomas</a> (1948)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Linus_Pauling" title="Linus Pauling">Linus Pauling</a> (1949)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernest_H._Volwiler" title="Ernest H. Volwiler">Ernest H. Volwiler</a> (1950)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1951–1975</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=N._Howell_Funnan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="N. Howell Funnan (page does not exist)">N. Howell Funnan</a> (1951)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Edgar_C._Britton&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Edgar C. Britton (page does not exist)">Edgar C. Britton</a> (1952)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Farrington_Daniels" title="Farrington Daniels">Farrington Daniels</a> (1953)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_L._Fisher" title="Harry L. Fisher">Harry L. Fisher</a> (1954)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joel_Henry_Hildebrand" title="Joel Henry Hildebrand">Joel H. Hildebrand</a> (1955)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_C._Warner&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John C. Warner (page does not exist)">John C. Warner</a> (1956)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roger_J._Williams" title="Roger J. Williams">Roger J. Williams</a> (1957)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Clifford_F._Rassweiler&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Clifford F. Rassweiler (page does not exist)">Clifford F. Rassweiler</a> (1958)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_C._Bailar_Jr." title="John C. Bailar Jr.">John C. Bailar Jr.</a> (1959)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Albert_L._Elder&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Albert L. Elder (page does not exist)">Albert L. Elder</a> (1960)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_C._Cope" title="Arthur C. Cope">Arthur C. Cope</a> (1961)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karl_August_Folkers" title="Karl August Folkers">Karl Folkers</a> (1962)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Eyring_(chemist)" title="Henry Eyring (chemist)">Henry Eyring</a> (1963)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maurice_H._Arveson&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Maurice H. Arveson (page does not exist)">Maurice H. Arveson</a> (1964)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_C._Price" title="Charles C. Price">Charles C. Price</a> (1965)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_J._Sparks" title="William J. Sparks">William J. Sparks</a> (1966)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_G._Overberger" title="Charles G. Overberger">Charles G. Overberger</a> (1967)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_W._Cairns" title="Robert W. Cairns">Robert W. Cairns</a> (1968)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wallace_R._Brode" title="Wallace R. Brode">Wallace R. Brode</a> (1969)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Byron_Riegel&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Byron Riegel (page does not exist)">Byron Riegel</a> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melvin_Calvin" title="Melvin Calvin">Melvin Calvin</a> (1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Max_Tishler" title="Max Tishler">Max Tishler</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alan_C._Nixon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Alan C. Nixon (page does not exist)">Alan C. Nixon</a> (1973)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bernard_S._Friedman&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bernard S. Friedman (page does not exist)">Bernard S. Friedman</a> (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_J._Bailey" title="William J. Bailey">William J. Bailey</a> (1975)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1976–2000</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Glenn_T._Seaborg" title="Glenn T. Seaborg">Glenn T. Seaborg</a> (1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_A._Hill" class="mw-redirect" title="Henry A. Hill">Henry A. Hill</a> (1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anna_J._Harrison" title="Anna J. Harrison">Anna J. Harrison</a> (1978)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gardner_W._Stacy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gardner W. Stacy (page does not exist)">Gardner W. Stacy</a> (1979)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_D._D%27Ianni" title="James D. D'Ianni">James D. D'Ianni</a> (1980)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Albert_C._Zettlemoyer&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Albert C. Zettlemoyer (page does not exist)">Albert C. 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