Frederick Guthrie (physicist)
Frederick Guthrie (born October 15, 1833 in London , † October 21, 1886 ibid) was an English physicist and chemist . He was the brother of the mathematician and botanist Francis Guthrie .
Life
Guthrie studied at University College London as well as in Heidelberg and Marburg . Between 1858 and 1860 he worked as an assistant at Lyon Playfair in Edinburgh and in 1860 took over a professorship at the Royal College in Mauritius , where he worked until 1866.
In 1860 he was one of the first chemists to produce mustard gas and described its effects.
In 1867 Guthrie went back to London and published his research on the thermal conductivity of liquids and the description of a new voltmeter . In 1869 he was employed as a lecturer in experimental physics at the Royal Mountain School in London. He remained in this position after the Royal Mountain School was merged with the newly established Science School in South Kensington in 1872 . There he organized a physics laboratory , which since then has served as a model for similar institutions. When the Normal School of Science was founded in 1881 , Guthrie was appointed professor at this new facility.
Guthrie was one of the founders of the Physical Society (now the Institute of Physics ) in London in 1874 and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1871 . Since 1860 he was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh .
Under the pseudonym Frederic Cerny he also published a larger poem "The ten" and a drama "Logrono" (1877).
Frederick Guthrie died in London on October 21, 1886.
Publications
- An examination of the waters of Mauritius
- Letters on the sugar-cane and cane-sugar
- The elements of heat and non-metallic chemistry . (1868)
- Magnetism and electricity . (1875)
- Practical physics . (1877)
- The first book of knowledge . (1881)
Web links
- Entry to Guthrie; Frederick (1833–1886) in the Archives of the Royal Society , London
Individual evidence
- ↑ Martinetz, Dieter: Chemistry, Toxicology, Ecotoxicology and Detoxification of Chemical Warfare Agents and Phytotoxins (Total Herbicides), in: Ders., Gerd Rippen (ed.): Handbook Armor Altlasten, Landsberg 1996, pp. 71-296, here: p. 154 .
- ^ Fellows Directory. Biographical Index: Former RSE Fellows 1783–2002. (PDF) Royal Society of Edinburgh, accessed December 13, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Guthrie, Frederick |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cerny, Frederic (pseudonym); Cerny, Frederick (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English physicist and chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 15, 1833 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 21, 1886 |
| Place of death | London |