John Henry Poynting
John Henry Poynting FRS was an English physicist. He was the first professor of physics at Mason Science College from 1880 to 1900, and then the successor institution, the University of Birmingham until his death.
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- Born in
- United Kingdom
- Educated at
- University of CambridgeVictoria University of Manchester
- Awards
- 🏆 Adams Prize🏆 Royal Medal🏆 Royal Society Bakerian Medal🏆 Fellow of the Royal Society
- Doctoral Advisors
- 🎓 James Clerk Maxwell
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1852
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Birth1914
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