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William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, OM, GCVO, PC, FRS, FRSE (26 June 1824 – 17 December 1907) was a British mathematician, mathematical physicist and engineer born in Belfast.
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.
He invented many electrical instruments and his house in Glasgow was the first to be lit by electric light. Thomson was raised to the peerage with the title of Baron Kelvin of Largs in 1892...
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.
William Thomson was born at 21-25 College Square East in Belfast in 1824. This location was later home to the first cinema in Belfast – 'the Kelvin'. Lord Kelvin's father became Professor of Mathematics at Glasgow University.
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.
Professor William Thomson, later Baron Kelvin of Largs, was born in Belfast, Ireland, 26 June 1824 and died in Largs, Scotland 17 December 1907. He was Past President of the IEE three times (1874, 1889, 1907).
