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    Lord Kelvin - Wikipedia. William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, OM, GCVO, PC, FRS, FRSE (26 June 1824 – 17 December 1907 [7]) was a British mathematician, mathematical physicist and engineer born in Belfast. [8] .

  2. Jun 22, 2024 · William Thomson, Baron Kelvin (born June 26, 1824, Belfast, County Antrim, Ireland [now in Northern Ireland]—died December 17, 1907, Netherhall, near Largs, Ayrshire, Scotland) was a Scottish engineer, mathematician, and physicist who profoundly influenced the scientific thought of his generation.

  3. Lord Kelvin (William Thomson) was an eminent physicist with a wide range of interests and enthusiasms. Best remembered for his talent for theoretical mathematics, he also had a practical ability for solving problems.

  4. William Thomson, Baron Kelvin, known as Lord Kelvin, (born June 26, 1824, Belfast, County Antrim, Ire.—died Dec. 17, 1907, Netherhall, Ayrshire, Scot.), British physicist. He entered the University of Glasgow at 10, published two papers by 17, and graduated from Cambridge University at 21.

  5. Lord Kelvin © Kelvin was a Scottish mathematician and physicist who developed the Kelvin scale of temperature measurement. William Thomson was born on 26 June 1824 in Belfast. He was taught...

  6. William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin OM GCVO PC PRS FRSE (June 26, 1824 – December 17, 1907) was a mathematical physicist, engineer, and outstanding leader in the physical sciences of the nineteenth century widely known for developing the Kelvin scale of absolute temperature measurement.

  7. He was made Lord Kelvin in 1892 in recognition of his achievements in thermodynamics, and of his opposition to Irish Home Rule. He became Baron Kelvin, of Largs in the County of Ayr. He was the first British scientist to be elevated to the House of Lords.

  8. William Thomson, Lord Kelvin. 1824-1907. British Physicist. William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, conducted important work in the areas of thermodynamics and electrical theory. Strongly influenced by the more mathematical French style of physics, Kelvin's own work was heavily mathematical and was influential in encouraging other British physicists to ...

  9. Jun 26, 2014 · William Thomson (Lord Kelvin) became Professor of Natural Philosophy at Glasgow at a very young age. He made important contributions to many areas of Physics including electricity, magnetism and thermodynamics.

  10. William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin (or Lord Kelvin) was a British physicist who was knighted by Queen Victoria for his work as the electrical engineer who oversaw the laying of the first transatlantic cable in 1866. In 1892, he received the title of Baron Kelvin of Largs.

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