Hull began his career in 1890-1891 as a teacher of mathematics and science at
Hamilton Collegiate Institute, Ontario. He attended Toronto University where he obtained his bachelor's degree in 1892 and became a Fellow in physics,
University of Toronto 1892-1895 . Hull earned his 1897 doctorate of physics at the
University of Chicago and was later a professor of physics there He married Wilhelmine Brandt on September 5, 1911. He had one son, Gordon Ferrie Hull, Jr. He is especially famous for his 1903 experiment conducted with
Ernest Fox Nichols in which they were the first to demonstrate the
radiation pressure exerted by a beam of light. The apparatus is now known as the
Nichols radiometer. Much of this apparatus is now in the Smithsonian, thanks to the generosity of Gordon F. Hull, Jr. Hull died on October 7, 1956, his 86th birthday. ==Publications==