William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin

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William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, OM, GCVO, PC, FRS, FRSE (26 June 1824 – 17 December 1907), or (late in his life) Lord Kelvin, was a British mathematician, mathematical physicist and engineer born in Belfast. Professor of Natural Philosophy in the University of Glasgow for 53 years, he undertook significant research in the mathematical analysis of electricity and formulation of the first and second laws of thermodynamics, and did much to unify the emerging discipline of physics in its contemporary form. He received the Royal Society's Copley Medal in 1883, was its president 1890–1895 and in 1892 was the first British scientist to be elevated to the House of Lords.

Biographical Summary

Thomson, Baron Kelvin, William. 26/06/1824-17/12/1907. Ref: 1023. Male.

• Titles and British Honours: Baron Kelvin of Largs (1892), OM(1902), PC(1902), KCVO(1866).
• Place of Birth: College Square East, Belfast, Ireland.
• Place of Death: Largs, Ayrshire.
• Place of interment: Westminster Abbey.
• Profession: Physicist, Mathematician.
• Appointments Held: Professor 1846-99, Natural Philosophy, Glasgow University; Founder, Kelvin & White Ltd. Glasgow for manufacture of his inventions; Chancellor 1904, Glasgow University.
• Undergraduate Studies: Glasgow University, BA (Cantab 1845).
• Publications: With P G Tait, "Treatise on Natural Philosophy" 1867 & 1874.
• Marital Status: Married 1st(1852) Margaret Crum d 1870 2nd (1874) Frances Anna Blandy.
• Mother: Margaret Gardiner.
• Father: James Thomson (1780-1849) Professor, Mathematics, Royal Academical Institution, Belfast.
• Siblings: James Thomson, FRSE 1822-92.
• Other Family: father-in-law of James Thomson Bottomley, FRSE 1845-1926.
• References: DNB, 2nd Supplement, 3, 1912, 508-17; Proc Roy Soc, 81, iii-lxxvi, signed JL (Portraits); Williams 511; Who Was Who 1; A Boyle, Scotland's Cultural Heritage 5, 1984.
• Memberships: FRS (1851, President 1890-5), Society of Telegraph Engineers (President 1874), Academie des Sciences (Foreign Associate 1847).
• Date of Election: 01/02/1847.
• Proposers: James David Forbes, 26/11/1846, (ms Proposal NLS Acc 10,000/46).(Billet 4/1/1847, 18/1/,1847).
• Service to the RSE: Councillor 1851-4, Vice-President 1868-73, President 1873-8, 1886-90, 1895-1907.
• RSE Prizes and Medals: Keith Prize 1861-3, Gunning Victoria Jubilee Prize, 1884-7.
• Fellow Type: OF.

SOURCE: Waterston, Charles D; Macmillan Shearer, A (July 2006). Biographical index of former fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1783-2002: Biographical Index. II. Edinburgh: The Royal Society of Edinburgh. ISBN 978-0-902198-84-5. page 932

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