Oliver Heaviside

E19019

electrical engineer human mathematician physicist self-taught scientist

Oliver Heaviside was an English self-taught physicist, electrical engineer, and mathematician known for reformulating Maxwell’s equations into their modern vector form and pioneering transmission line theory.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Oliver Heaviside canonical	9
Heaviside	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	electrical engineer ⓘ human ⓘ mathematician ⓘ physicist ⓘ self-taught scientist ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	England ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1850-05-18 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1925-02-03 ⓘ
educatedAt	self-taught ⓘ
employer	Great Northern Telegraph Company ⓘ
ethnicGroup	English ⓘ
familyName	Oliver Heaviside self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Heaviside
fieldOfWork	electrical engineering ⓘ electromagnetism ⓘ mathematics ⓘ telecommunications ⓘ vector calculus ⓘ
givenName	Oliver ⓘ
hasAcademicDiscipline	applied mathematics ⓘ classical electromagnetism ⓘ
influenced	electrical engineering practice ⓘ radio engineering ⓘ theoretical physics ⓘ
influencedBy	James Clerk Maxwell ⓘ Lord Kelvin ⓘ surface form: William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin
knownFor	Heaviside step function ⓘ Heaviside–Lorentz units ⓘ operational calculus ⓘ prediction of an ionized reflecting layer in the upper atmosphere ⓘ Maxwell's equations ⓘ surface form: reformulation of Maxwell's equations skin effect analysis in conductors ⓘ telegrapher's equations ⓘ transmission line theory ⓘ vector form of Maxwell's equations ⓘ work on signal distortion in telegraph lines ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
notableConcept	Heaviside step function ⓘ Heaviside–Lorentz units ⓘ operational calculus ⓘ telegrapher's equations ⓘ vector form of Maxwell's equations ⓘ
occupation	telegraph operator ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Camden Town ⓘ London, England ⓘ surface form: London
placeOfDeath	Devon ⓘ England ⓘ Torquay ⓘ
residence	London, England ⓘ surface form: London Torquay ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ

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Subject: Oliver Heaviside
Description of subject: Oliver Heaviside was an English self-taught physicist, electrical engineer, and mathematician known for reformulating Maxwell’s equations into their modern vector form and pioneering transmission line theory.

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

James Clerk Maxwell → influenced → Oliver Heaviside ⓘ

Arthur E. Kennelly → coAuthor → Oliver Heaviside ⓘ

Oliver Heaviside → familyName → Oliver Heaviside self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Heaviside

Kennelly → coNamedWith → Oliver Heaviside ⓘ

subject surface form: Arthur E. Kennelly

Kennelly → namedAfter → Oliver Heaviside ⓘ

subject surface form: Heaviside–Kennelly layer

Kennelly–Heaviside layer theory → proposedBy → Oliver Heaviside ⓘ

Kennelly–Heaviside layer theory → namedAfter → Oliver Heaviside ⓘ

John Ambrose Fleming → influencedBy → Oliver Heaviside ⓘ

Heaviside step function → namedAfter → Oliver Heaviside ⓘ

Heaviside–Lorentz units → namedAfter → Oliver Heaviside ⓘ