Alfred Porter Southwick (May 18, 1826–June 11, 1898) was a steam-boat engineer, dentist and inventor from Buffalo, New York. He is credited with inventing...

the head and leg. This method of execution was conceptualized by Alfred P. Southwick, a dentist based in Buffalo, New York, in 1881. Over the following...

determine a new, more humane system of execution to replace hanging. Alfred P. Southwick, a member of the committee, developed the idea of putting electric...

arc lighting system, Alfred P. Southwick sought to develop this phenomenon into a way to execute condemned criminals. Southwick, a dentist, based his...

politician Matthew Hale, and Buffalo dentist and experimenter Alfred P. Southwick. Southwick had been developing an idea since the early 1880s of using electric...

Southwick is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Alfred P. Southwick (1826–1898), American inventor Cassandra Burnell Southwick (c.1600–1660)...

into effect on January 1, 1889. A Buffalo, New York dentist named Alfred P. Southwick had been developing a method using a device similar to a dental chair...

Edwin Southern (born 1938), U.S. – Southern blot (molecular biology) Alfred P. Southwick (1826–1898), U.S. – Electric chair Igor Spassky (born 1926), Russia...

editor, businesswoman Henry K. Smith, Mayor of Buffalo, 1850–51 Alfred P. Southwick, steam-boat engineer, dentist and inventor of the first electric...

(almost instantaneously) by the high voltages used. Buffalo dentist Alfred P. Southwick's exploration into this phenomenon would eventually lead to the invention...