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John Henry Poynting

John Poynting

British physicist (1852-1914).

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Place of Birth

Manchester
United Kingdom

Place of Death

Birmingham

Country of Citizenship

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

Date of Birth

9/9/1852

Date of Death

3/30/1914

Instance Of

Human

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Award Received

Fellow of the Royal Society
Royal Medal
(1905)
Point in Time
: 1905
Royal Society Bakerian Medal
(1910)
Point in Time
: 1910
Adams Prize
(1893)
Point in Time
: 1893

Occupation

Physicist
University Teacher

Member Of

Royal Society

Given Name

John
Series Ordinal
:1
Henry
Series Ordinal
:2

Commons Gallery

John Henry Poynting

Educated At

University of Cambridge
Victoria University of Manchester

Doctoral Advisor

James Clerk Maxwell

Nominated For

Nobel Prize in Physics
(1909)
Point in Time
: 1909
Nobel Prize in Physics
(1911)
Point in Time
: 1911
Nobel Prize in Physics
(1912)
Point in Time
: 1912

Employer

University of Birmingham

Field of Work

Physics
Electric Field
Magnetic Field

Student

Francis William Aston

Sex or Gender

Male

Student Of

James Clerk Maxwell
Thomas Barker

Described by Source

BEIC Digital Library
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Q24491195
Dictionary of National Biography, Third Supplement
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Poynting, John Henry
Physicists: Biographical Dictionary
Page(s)
:218

Notable Work

Poynting Vector

Influenced By

Edward Routh

Family Name

Poynting

Sibling

Frank Poynting

Languages Spoken, Written or Signed

English

Name in Native Language

John Henry Poynting
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