Famous 19th Century British Physicists

Find out more about the greatest 19th Century British Physicists, including Ernest Rutherford, J. J. Thomson, James Chadwick, William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin and Henry Moseley.
Ernest RutherfordErnest Rutherford
30 August 1871
Physicist, Chemist
J J ThompsonJ. J. Thomson
18 December 1856
Physicist, Nobel Prize Winner

Arthur EddingtonArthur Eddington
28 December 1882
Astronomer

James ChadwickJames Chadwick
20 October 1891
Discoverer of Neutron

James Prescott JouleJames Prescott Joule
24 December 1818
Physicist

Henry MoseleyHenry Moseley
23 November 1887
Physicist
John TyndallJohn Tyndall
02 August 1820
Physicist

Sir George Stokes, 1st BaronetSir George Stokes, 1st Baronet
13 August 1819
Mathematician

William Henry BraggWilliam Henry Bragg
02 July 1862
Nobel Prize Winner in Physics
John CockcroftJohn Cockcroft
27 May 1897
Physicist

George Paget ThomsonGeorge Paget Thomson
03 May 1892
Physicist
Lord KelvinLord Kelvin
26 June 1824
Mathematician, Physicist

Patrick BlackettPatrick Blackett
18 November 1897
Physicist

Francis William AstonFrancis William Aston
01 September 1877
Chemist & Physicist

Lor RayleighLord Rayleigh
12 November 1842
Discoverer of Argon

Edward Victor AppletonEdward Victor Appleton
06 September 1892
Physicist
Charles Thomson Rees WilsonCharles Thomson Rees Wilson
14 February 1869
Physicist

Owen Willans RichardsonOwen Willans Richardson
26 April 1879
Physicist

Charles Glover BarklaCharles Glover Barkla
07 June 1877
Physicist

Sir William Lawrence BraggSir William Lawrence Bragg
31 March 1890
Nobel Laureate in Physics
James Clerk MaxwellJames Clerk Maxwell
13 June 1831
Scientist

Oliver HeavisideOliver Heaviside
18 May 1850
Mathematician, Physicist, Engineer, Telegraphy
Joseph SwanJoseph Swan
31 October 1828
Chemist, Physicist, Inventor

Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount CherwellFrederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell
05 April 1886
Physicist, Politician, University teacher

James DewarJames Dewar
20 September 1842
Chemist
William CrookesWilliam Crookes
17 June 1832
Chemist

George Biddell AiryGeorge Biddell Airy
27 July 1801
Mathematician
Oliver LodgeOliver Lodge
12 June 1851
Physicist

John Ambrose FlemingJohn Ambrose Fleming
29 November 1849
Engineer

William John Macquorn RankineWilliam John Macquorn Rankine
05 July 1820
Engineer, Physicist, Civil engineer, University
James JeansJames Jeans
11 September 1877
Physicist

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Osborne ReynoldsOsborne Reynolds
23 August 1842
Physicist, Civil engineer, Engineer
Lewis Fry RichardsonLewis Fry Richardson
11 October 1881
Paramedic, Cartographer, Mathematician,

Hertha AyrtonHertha Ayrton
28 April 1854
Engineer

G. I. TaylorG. I. Taylor
07 March 1886
Physicist, Engineer, Mathematician, Meteorologist

C. H. DouglasC. H. Douglas
20 January 1879
Engineer
Joseph LarmorJoseph Larmor
11 July 1857
Physicist
Charles Galton DarwinCharles Galton Darwin
18 December 1887
Physicist, University teacher

George Johnstone StoneyGeorge Johnstone Stoney
15 February 1826
Physicist

Horace LambHorace Lamb
27 November 1849
Mathematician

Douglas HartreeDouglas Hartree
27 March 1897
Mathematician
John Henry PoyntingJohn Henry Poynting
09 September 1852
Physicist, University teacher

John Frederic DaniellJohn Frederic Daniell
12 March 1790
Chemist

Joseph Jackson ListerJoseph Jackson Lister
11 January 1786
Physicist

William EcclesWilliam Eccles
23 August 1875
Physicist

John HopkinsonJohn Hopkinson
27 July 1849
Physicist
C. V. BoysC. V. Boys
15 March 1855
Physicist

John Sealy TownsendJohn Sealy Townsend
07 June 1868
Physicist
George GreenGeorge Green
14 July 1793
Mathematician

Peter BarlowPeter Barlow
13 October 1776
Mathematician

Hugh Longbourne CallendarHugh Longbourne Callendar
18 April 1863
Physicist
James ChallisJames Challis
12 December 1803
Physicist

Norman Robert CampbellNorman Robert Campbell
07 March 1880
Physicist
Silvanus Phillips ThompsonSilvanus Phillips Thompson
19 June 1851
Electrical engineer

Sydney ChapmanSydney Chapman
29 January 1888
Mathematician