Humphrey Lloyd

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Humphrey Lloyd

Humphrey Lloyd (born April 16, 1800 in Dublin , † January 17, 1881 there ) was a British physicist .

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After the brilliant completion of his scientific studies, Lloyd turned primarily to optical problems as a physicist. He was particularly concerned with theoretical questions relating to the reflection of light. Fundamental to the physics of optics were above all his experiments on the interference of light, which he carried out with just a single mirror. His theoretical investigations on conical refraction were also of particular importance .

Humphrey Lloyd was Provost of Trinity College in Dublin. In 1843 he was elected a corresponding member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences . In 1845 he became an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh . For his scientific merits he was accepted as a foreign member on May 31, 1874 in the Prussian Order pour le mérite for science and the arts .

Lloyd is the namesake for Mount Lloyd and Mount Humphrey Lloyd in Antarctica.

further reading

  • James G. O'Hara: Lloyd, Humphrey (1800-1881). In: Henry Colin Gray Matthew, Brian Harrison (Eds.): Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , from the earliest times to the year 2000 (ODNB). Volume 34: Liston – McAlpine. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-861384-9 , ( oxforddnb.com license required ), as of 2008, accessed December 29, 2012.

Web links

Wikisource: Humphrey Lloyd  - Sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Holger Krahnke: The members of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen 1751-2001 (= Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Philological-Historical Class. Volume 3, Vol. 246 = Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Mathematical-Physical Class. Episode 3, vol. 50). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001, ISBN 3-525-82516-1 , p. 154.
  2. ^ Fellows Directory. Biographical Index: Former RSE Fellows 1783–2002. (PDF file) Royal Society of Edinburgh, accessed January 2, 2020 .
  3. ↑ The Order Pour Le Mérite For Science And Arts, The Members of the Order , Volume I (1842–1881), page 330, Gebr. Mann-Verlag, Berlin 1975. On the opposite side there is a picture of Lloyds.
personal data
SURNAME Lloyd, Humphrey
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British physicist
DATE OF BIRTH April 16, 1800
PLACE OF BIRTH Dublin
DATE OF DEATH January 17, 1881
Place of death Dublin