Person:John Tyndall (1)

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John Tyndall, FRS
b.2 Aug 1820
d.4 Dec 1893 Hindhead, Surrey, England
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Name John Tyndall, FRS
Gender Male
Birth[1] 2 Aug 1820
Marriage 29 Feb 1876 St. George Hanover Square Registration District, London, Englandto Louisa Charlotte Hamilton
Death[2][3] 4 Dec 1893 Hindhead, Surrey, England
Reference Number 23 Feb 1894 London, EnglandQ360808 (Wikidata)

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Personal History

On 3 June 1852,[4] John was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS). He was awarded the Bakerian Lecture in 1855, 1861, 1864, and 1881. Also in 1864, he was awarded the Rumford Medal for his researches on the absorption and radiation of heat by gases and vapours. He served as VP of the Council from 1879 to 1880.

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Marriage and Family

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John Tyndall and Louisa Charlotte Hamilton were married 29 February 1876 (registered in the district of St George Hanover Square, co. London).

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Death and Probate

John Tyndall, then of Hindhead House, died 4 December 1893 at home in the village of Hindhead, Surrey, England[3] (registered in the district of Farnham).[2]

On 23 February 1894,[3] in London, administration was granted to his wife, Louisa Charlotte Tyndall. Effects were in the amount of £22,122 4s 7d.

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From Wikipedia

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John Tyndall FRS (; 2 August 1820 – 4 December 1893) was a prominent 19th-century Irish physicist. His initial scientific fame arose in the 1850s from his study of diamagnetism. Later he made discoveries in the realms of infrared radiation and the physical properties of air, proving the connection between atmospheric CO and what is now known as the greenhouse effect in 1859.

Tyndall also published more than a dozen science books which brought state-of-the-art 19th century experimental physics to a wide audience. From 1853 to 1887 he was professor of physics at the Royal Institution of Great Britain in London. He was elected as a member to the American Philosophical Society in 1868.

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References
  1. ↑ John Tyndall, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Registered during Q4, 1893, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Death Index. (London, United Kingdom: General Register Office, 1837-Present)
    [digital image, Ancestry.com].

    “Tyndall, John”, age 73, Farnham dist., vol. 2a, p. 82.

  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 “Wills and Administrations, 1894”, in Principal Probate Registry (London). Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration: Made in the Principal Registry and in the Several District Registries of Her Majesty's Court of Probate. (London, United Kingdom: HM Stationery Office, [1859?]–present)
    vol. surnames S–T, p. 329.

    Digital image in England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858–1966, 1973–1995 (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/1904/31874_222793-00336/2775204 : accessed 14 Nov. 2017).

    “TYNDALL, John” of Hind head house, near Haslemere, Frensham, Surrey, FRS, d. 4 Dec. 1893; probate in London, 23 Feb., to Louisa Charlotte Tyndall, widow, effects £22,122 4s 7d.

  4. ↑ “Tyndall, John (1820-1893), Natural Philosopher”, in The Royal Society. Fellowship Directory
    code NA8293, accessed 23 Oct. 2017.

    See also the list of Rumford Medal winners on the same website.

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