Silvanus Phillips Thompson ( 1851 - 1916 )

Birth: York, England (19 June 1851) Death: Hampstead, London (12 June 1916) Research Field: Applied physics, electrical engineering Education: BA (1869, London), DSc (Lond) Career: Schoolmaster, Bootham School, York (1870-1875); Lecturer in Physics, University College, Bristol (1876); Professor (1878); Principal and Professor of Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering, City and Guilds Technical College, Finsbury; was a Quaker and a painter Membership: Fellow Election Date: 4/06/1891.