Thomson, William (1824-1907), 1st Baron Kelvin, mathematician and physicist

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Type of entity

Person

Authorized form of name

Thomson, William (1824-1907), 1st Baron Kelvin, mathematician and physicist

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Dates of existence

1824-1907

History

Knighted, 1866.
Created Baron Kelvin of Largs, 1892.

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Sources

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

C. Smith and M. N. Wise, Energy and Empire (1989)