C. V. Boys

Sir
Charles Vernon Boys
Sir Charles Vernon Boys, FRS
Born15 March 1855 (1855-03-15)
Wing, Rutland, England[1]
Died30 March 1944 (1944-03-31) (aged 89)
St Mary Bourne, Andover, Hampshire, England[1]
AwardsRoyal Medal (1896)
Duddell Medal and Prize 1924)
Rumford Medal (1924)
Elliott Cresson Medal (1939)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics

Sir Charles Vernon Boys, FRS[2] (15 March 1855 – 30 March 1944) was a British physicist, known for his careful and innovative experimental work in the fields of thermodynamics and high-speed photography, and as a popular science communicator through his books, inventions, and his public lectures for children.[1][3]

  1. ^ a b c O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "C. V. Boys", MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive, University of St Andrews
  2. ^ Rayleigh, B. (1944). "Charles Vernon Boys. 1855–1944". Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society. 4 (13): 771. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1944.0021. S2CID 125368387.
  3. ^ "No. 1750: Soap Bubbles". www.uh.edu. Retrieved 11 January 2021.