Robert Bellamy Clifton
Robert Bellamy Clifton (born March 13, 1836 in Gedney , Lincolnshire , † February 22, 1921 in Oxford ) was an English physicist .
Career
He studied at University College London and St John's College , Cambridge , where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA). From 1860 he was professor of natural philosophy at Owen's College in Manchester and from 1865 professor of experimental philosophy at Oxford, where the Clarendon Laboratory was established until 1872 . He constructed several optical devices. In 1915 he retired .
Publications
- On the conical refraction of a straight line ; 1850
- Note on Professor de Morgan 's paper entitled "On the early history of the signs [plus] and [minus]" ; University Press, 1865
Memberships
- 1860 member of the Royal Astronomical Society
- 1868 member of the Royal Society (1896–98 Vice-President)
- Philosophical Society in Cambridge and Manchester
- 1879 member of the commission against mine accidents
- 1882 President of the Physical Society
Individual evidence
- ^ [Obituary of] Robert Bellamy Clifton , in: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 82, 1922, p. 248
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| SURNAME | Clifton, Robert Bellamy |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English philosopher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 13, 1836 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gedney, Lincolnshire |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 22, 1921 |
| Place of death | Oxford |