“BRIDGMAN, Percy Willlams, college prof.; b. Cambridge, Mass., Apr. 21, 1882; s. Raymond Landon and Mary Ann Maria (Williams) Bridgman; A.B., Harvard, 1904, A.M., 1905; Ph.D.. 1908; m. Olive Ware, of Hartford, Conn., July 16, 1912; 1 daughter, Jane. Apptd. fellow for research. Harvard, 1908; instr. physics, Harvard, 1910-13, since asst. prof. Subjects of research: various effects of high pressure. Fellow Am. Acad Arts and Sciences; mem. Am. Physical Soc. Home: 68 Fayerweather St. Address: Jefferson Physical Laboratory, Cambridge, Mass.”

Source:  Who’s Who in New England, Vol. 2, by Albert Nelson Marquis, A.N. Marquis & Company, Publishers, Chicago, 1916, page 156