Frederick Guthrie (scientist)

For his son, the Australian agricultural chemist, see Frederick Bickell Guthrie.

Frederick Guthrie
Born15 October 1833
Bayswater, London
Died21 October 1886(1886-10-21) (aged 53)
London
Scientific career
Academic advisorsAugustus De Morgan

Frederick Guthrie FRS FRSE (15 October 1833 – 21 October 1886) was a British physicist, chemist, and academic author.

He was the son of Alexander Guthrie, a London tradesman, and the younger brother of mathematician Francis Guthrie. Along with William Fletcher Barrett he founded the Physical Society of London (now the Institute of Physics) in 1874 and was president of the society from 1884 until 1886.[1][2] He believed that science should be based on experimentation rather than discussion.

  1. ^ Lewis, John J. (2003). The Physical Society and Institute of Physics 1874-2002. Institute of Physics Publishing. ISBN 0-7503-0879-6.
  2. ^ "Institute History". Iop.org. Retrieved 29 September 2012.