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James Rainwater - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (212 words) |
 | Leo James Rainwater (December 9, 1917 - May 31, 1986) was an American physicist who won a share of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1975 for his part in determining the asymmetrical shapes of certain atomic nuclei. |
| Rainwater was born in Council, Idaho but later moved to Hanford, California after the death of his father to the great influenza epidemic of 1918. |
| Rainwater also contributed to the scientific understanding of x-rays and participated in Atomic Energy Commission and naval research projects. |
| Rainwater Photo Gallery: James Rainwater the Preacher (464 words) |
| James was the pastor of Philadelphia Baptist until Nov 1835, at which time he removed to Macedonia Baptist Church in Coweta Co., GA. Sometime prior to 1850, he moved to Campbell Co., GA, but continued to preach at Macedonia until 1857. |
| In 1850, James Rainwater was a census enumerator for Campbell Co., GA. The county contained two James Rainwater, the second known as James the Blacksmith, whose family relationship to the Preacher is not known. |
| In June 1852, Rev. James Rainwater was a delegate from Campbell Co. to the State Temperance Convention in Newnan, and served again in March 1853 as a delegate to the Anti-Liquor Traffic Convention. |
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