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FitzGerald, Gerald Francis (1851-1901) physicist
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Dates of existence
1851-1901
History
Fitzgerald was an Irish physicist who worked on the electromagnetic theory of light and radio waves. He was Erasmus Smith Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy at the University of Dublin from 1881 until his death in 1901.