Lord William Thomson Kelvin Born: 26 June 1824 in Belfast, Ireland Died: 17 Dec 1907 in Netherhall (near Largs), Ayrshire, Scotland William Thomson Kelvin attended Cambridge and Glasgow Universities. In 1846 he accepted a position as a professor at the University of Glasgow. He taught at Glasgow for a long time. He is one of the founders of thermodynamics, as is commemorated in the name of the unit of absolute temperature. He also developed a temperature scale that is known …showed first 75 words of 142 total…

…showed last 75 words of 142 total…also developed a temperature scale that is known as the Kelvin scale. Kelvin also investigated the oscillating nature of electrical discharges. He contributed to our understanding of the theory of elasticity, the electrodynamic properties of metals, and magnetism. Working with others, he estimated the age of the sun and computed the energy radiated from it. For his work he was knighted in 1866, selected as President of the Royal Society, and received the Order of Merit (1902).