WILLIAM THOMSON A.K.A. 1ST BARON KELVIN

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• Born: June 26, 1824
• Died: December 17, 1907
• Was raised in Belfast, UK

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• In 1852 he married Margaret
• Later they had a child

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• He was the 2nd born in a family of 4
• He had a brother named James

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• His father was a professor of math
• His mother died when he was only 6

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• William came from the middle class
• His family had enough to get by and
• pay for some luxuries, but they weren't rich

He lived in Glasgow as an adult.

He was taught by his father (a professor in math), then later went to Cambridge and Paris Universities.

was responisble for the introduction of electromagnetic fields, the kelvin scale is named after him, created the submarine telegraph

He also developed the mariners compass, invented a tide machine and depth measuring equipments

He had worked with faraday, Nicolas Carnot and James Joule

WORKS CITED

• nnsb.com
• bbc.co.uk
• http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/
• biography/Kelvin.html