Nathaniel Shepard Keith | |
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Born | July 14, 1838[1] Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Died | January 27, 1925 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Nationality | American |
Occupation | Chemist Metallurgist Mining engineer Electrical engineer |
Board member of | AIEE |
Spouse | Anna Tait Swan (d. 1909)[2] |
Nathaniel Shepard Keith (July 14 1838[1] – January 1925) was an American manufacturer, chemist, inventor, writer, and electrical engineer. Keith was born in Boston, Massachusetts and worked in his fathers laboratory. He was instrumental in designing, manufacturing, and installing the original electric lighting and power system in San Francisco, California. In 1884 he became editor of Electric World, co-founded the American Institute of Electrical Engineers (AIEE)and served as the first secretary of the organization. The AIEE merged with other societies in 1963 to become the IEEE, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
James O'Leary, “Nathaniel Shepard Keith,” in The Builders of a Great City: San Francisco's Representative Men, the City, Its History and Commerce: Pregnant Facts Regarding the Growth of the Leading Branches of Trade, Industries and Products of the State and Coast, Volume 1 (San Francisco: San Francisco journal of commerce publishing co., 1891), 229-230. http://www.archive.org/details/buildersofgreatc00sanf