Humphrey Lloyd
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1800 – 1881
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Who was Humphrey Lloyd?
Humphrey Lloyd was the provost of Trinity College, Dublin between 1867–1881, and Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy. Lloyd is known for experimentally verifying conical refraction, a theoretical prediction made by William Rowan Hamilton about the way light is bent when travelling through a biaxial crystal. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society, and President of both the British Association and the Royal Irish Academy.
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- Born
- 1800
Dublin - Also known as
- H Lloyd
- Education
- Trinity College, Dublin
- Died
- 1881
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on July 23, 2013
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