William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin,
OM,
GCVO,
PC,
PRS,
FRSE, (
26 June 1824 –
17 December 1907) was a
British mathematical physicist,
engineer, and outstanding leader in the
physical sciences of the
19th century. He did important work in the
mathematical analysis of
electricity and
thermodynamics, and did much to unify the emerging discipline of
physics in its modern form. He is widely known for developing the
Kelvin scale of absolute temperature measurement. The title
Baron Kelvin was given in honour of his achievements, and named after the
River Kelvin, which flowed past his university in
Glasgow,
Scotland.
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