Childhood
Katharine Burr Blodgett was born on January 10, 1898 in Schenectady, New York. She was the second child of Katharine Burr and George Blodgett. Her father was a patent attorney at General Electric where he headed that department. He was shot and killed in his home by a burglar just before she was born. GE offered a $5,000 reward for the arrest and conviction of the killer. The suspected killer hanged himself in his jail cell in Salem, New York. Her mother was financially secure after her husband's death. She moved to New York City after Katharine's birth with her son George Jr., two at the time. In 1901 the family moved to France.
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