Joseph Larmor

Joseph Larmor
Larmour, c. 1920
Born(1857-07-11)11 July 1857
Magheragall, County Antrim, Ireland
(now Northern Ireland)
Died19 May 1942(1942-05-19) (aged 84)
Holywood, County Down, Northern Ireland[1]
Alma mater
Known for
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
InstitutionsQueen's College, Galway
University of Cambridge
Academic advisorsEdward Routh
Doctoral studentsKwan-ichi Terazawa
14th Lucasian Professor of Mathematics
In office
1903–1932
Preceded byGeorge Stokes
Succeeded byPaul Dirac

Sir Joseph Larmor FRS FRSE (11 July 1857 – 19 May 1942) was an Irish[2] 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.

  1. ^ O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Joseph Larmor", MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive, University of St Andrews
  2. ^ "Sir Joseph Larmor | Irish physicist | Britannica".