Joseph Larmor

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academic human mathematician physicist theoretical physicist

Joseph Larmor was an Irish physicist and mathematician known for his work on electromagnetism, the electron theory, and for formulating the concept of Larmor precession.

Aliases (1)

Sir Joseph Larmor ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	academic → human → mathematician → physicist → theoretical physicist →
awardReceived	Copley Medal → Royal Medal →
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom →
dateOfBirth	1857-07-11 →
dateOfDeath	1942-05-19 →
educatedAt	Queen's College Belfast → Royal Belfast Academical Institution → St John's College, Cambridge NERFINISHED →
electedMemberOf	Parliament of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED →
employer	St John's College, Cambridge NERFINISHED → University of Cambridge NERFINISHED →
ethnicGroup	Irish →
familyName	Larmor →
fieldOfWork	astronomy → electromagnetism → electron theory → mathematics → physics → theoretical physics →
givenName	Joseph →
honorificPrefix	Sir →
knownFor	Larmor formula → Larmor frequency → Larmor precession → electron theory of matter → work on the ether theory of electromagnetism →
languageSpokenWrittenOrSigned	English →
memberOf	Royal Society →
name	Joseph Larmor →
nobleTitle	Knight Bachelor →
notableWork	Aether and Matter →
placeOfBirth	County Antrim → Ireland → Magheragall →
placeOfDeath	County Down → Holywood → Northern Ireland →
positionHeld	Lucasian Professor of Mathematics → Member of Parliament for Cambridge University →
publicationDateOfNotableWork	1900 →
religion	Protestantism →
sexOrGender	male →
workLocation	Cambridge →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism →	editorOfThirdEdition
Ascension Parish Burial Ground, Cambridge ("Sir Joseph Larmor") →	hasGraveOf
Joseph Larmor →	name