Joseph Larmor
Sir Joseph Larmor FRS FRSE (11 July 1857 – 19 May 1942) was an Irish and British physicist and mathematician who made breakthroughs in the understanding of electricity, dynamics, thermodynamics, and the electron theory of matter. His most influential work was Aether and Matter, a theoretical physics book published in 1900.
Sir Joseph Larmor | |
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| Born | 11 July 1857 Magheragall, County Antrim, Ireland |
| Died | 19 May 1942 (aged 84) Holywood, County Down, Northern Ireland |
| Alma mater | Royal Belfast Academical Institution Queen's University Belfast St John's College, Cambridge |
| Known for | Larmor precession Larmor radius Larmor's theorem Larmor formula Relativity of simultaneity |
| Awards | Smith's Prize (1880) Senior Wrangler (1880) Fellow of the Royal Society (1892) Adams Prize (1898) Lucasian Professor of Mathematics (1903) De Morgan Medal (1914) Royal Medal (1915) Copley Medal (1921) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | St John's College, Cambridge Queen's College, Galway |
| Academic advisors | Edward Routh |
| Doctoral students | Kwan-ichi Terazawa |
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