Sir William Robert Grove PC QC FRS

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William Robert Grove

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Birthplace: Swansea, Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom
Death: August 01, 1896 (85)
London, United Kingdom
Place of Burial: London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Immediate Family:

Son of John Grove and Anne Bevan
Husband of Emma Maria Powles
Father of Anna Grove and Imogen Emily Grove

Occupation: judge, inventor, physicist
Managed by: Alisdair James Smyth
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About Sir William Robert Grove PC QC FRS

British scientist inventor and judge. A renowed scientist, he is best remembered as an ardent early advocate of the consevation of energy and was a champion of fuel cell technology. He was the author of "The Correlation of Physical Forces" and invented the Grove gas voltaic battery, which was the ancestor of the fuel cell. He was invested with a coif and knighted in 1872.

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Sir William Robert Grove PC QC FRS's Timeline

1811
July 11, 1811
Swansea, Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom
1841
August 31, 1841
Hampstead, Middlesex, England
1896
August 1, 1896
Age 85
London, United Kingdom
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Kensal Green Cemetery, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom