Silvanus P. Thompson
Electrical engineer, Author
1851 – 1916
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Who was Silvanus P. Thompson?
Silvanus Phillips Thompson FRS was a professor of physics at the City and Guilds Technical College in Finsbury, England. He was elected to the Royal Society in 1891 and was known for his work as an electrical engineer and as an author. Thompson's most enduring publication is his 1910 text Calculus Made Easy, which teaches the fundamentals of infinitesimal calculus, and is still in print. Thompson also wrote a popular physics text, Elementary Lessons in Electricity and Magnetism, as well as biographies of Lord Kelvin and Michael Faraday.
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- Born
- Jun 19, 1851
York - Also known as
- Silvanus Thompson
- Silvanus Phillips Thompson
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Education
- Bootham School
- Died
- Jun 12, 1916
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on July 23, 2013
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