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Date of Birth
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02-August-1820
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Place of Birth
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Leighlinbridge
(Ireland, County Carlow)
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Nationality
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United Kingdom
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Profession
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Physicist, Scientist, Mountaineer
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John Tyndall FRS was a prominent 19th century physicist. His initial scientific fame arose in the 1850s from his study of diamagnetism. Later he made discoveries in the realms of infrared radiation and the physical properties of air. Tyndall also published more than a dozen science books which brought state-of-the-art 19th century experimental physics to a wide audience. From 1853 to 1887 he was professor of physics at the Royal Institution of Great Britain in London.
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