William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin

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Physicist · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

Date of birth: June 26, 1825
Died on December 17, 1907: Died at the age of 82; Would have turned 201 today

British physicist and engineer (1824–1907)

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William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin was a physicist (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland). William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin was born on June 26, 1825 in Belfast. Among other things, William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin was known for Royal Society of London, Russian Academy of Sciences, and Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

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thermodynamics

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Work by William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin

Title	Year
Kelvin probe force microscope	–
Kelvin–Varley divider	–
Kelvin–Voigt material	–
Lunar	–
Automatic curb sender	–
ampere balance	–

Facts about William

Born: June 26, 1825 in Belfast
Died: December 17, 1907
Nationality: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Occupations: Physicist, Engineer, Writer, Politician, and Astronomer
Languages: English
Education: University of Cambridge
Fame: Wikipedia articles in 85 languages

Birthday

Date of birth: June 26, 1825
Born on a: Sunday
Zodiac sign: Cancer

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What makes William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin unique

In memory: Died at the age of 82
Today: Would have turned 201 today

First award in 1851, the year William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin turned 26.

Born on the same day

Awards

Award	Year
Fellow of the Royal Society	1851
Royal Medal	1856
Copley Medal	1883
Order of Merit	1902
Order of Leopold	–

Groups

Name	From	To
Royal Society of London	–	–
Russian Academy of Sciences	–	–
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences	–	–
National Academy of Sciences	–	–
American Academy of Arts and Sciences	–	–
Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences	–	–
German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina	–	–
Hungarian Academy of Sciences	–	–
Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences	–	–
Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei	–	–
Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities	–	–
Royal Society of Edinburgh	–	–
Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters	–	–
Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Lower Saxony	–	–
Academy of Sciences of Turin	–	–
Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze detta dei XL	–	–
Pontificia Accademia dei Nuovi Lincei	–	–

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