John Howard (optical physicist), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American physicist
Date of Birth: 27-Feb-1921
Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Date of Death: 15-Apr-2015
Profession: physicist
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Pisces 
About John Howard (optical physicist)
- John Nelson Howard (February 27, 1921 – April 15, 2015) was president of the Optical Society of America in 1991.
- He was the founding editor of the scientific journal Applied Optics.
- Howard was also a chief scientist of the Air Force Geophysics Laboratory. He was a Fellow of the Optical Society and received the OSA Distinguished Service Award in 1987. In his later years he was a contributing editor to Optics and Photonics News (OPN).
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