Famous Scientists, Famous Irish Scientists, famous irish people
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Famous Irish Scientists A to ZPlease click on name for biographical information and image of the Irish Scientist: Joseph Barnes (1914 - 1917) - diagnostician and clinician most noted for his work on Hansen’s Disease (leprosy). Francis Beaufort (1774 - 1857) - Hydrographer, created the Beaufort Scale which indicates wind force John Bell (1928 - 1990) - Quantum physicist and originator of Bell's Theorem JD Bernal (1901 - 1971) - Professor of Physics, pioneer of X-ray crystallography George Boole (1815 - 1864) - 'The Father of Computer Science', invented Boolean Algebra Robert Boyle (1627 - 1691) - Physicist and chemist who formulated Boyle's Law Denis Parsons Burkitt (1911 - 1993) - surgeon, medical researcher, pioneer in public medicine Jocelyn Bell Burnell (1943 - ) - astrophysicist who discovered pulsars Rev Nicholas Callan (1799 - 1864) - inventor of induction coil George Francis Fitzgerald (1851 - 1901) - physicist who first suggested a method of producing radio waves William Rowan Hamilton (1805 - 1865) - astronomer, physicist and mathematician who made important contributions to the development of optics, dynamics and algebra Kathleen Lonsdale (1903 - 1971) - chemistry and physics pioneer William Parsons (1800 - 1867) - built the world's largest telescope in 1847 Charles Parsons (1854 - 1931) - invented the steam turbine George Gabriel Stokes (1819 - 1903) - mathematician and physicist who made important contributions to fluid dynamics, optics, and mathematical physics George Johnstone Stoney (1826 - 1911) - physicist who named the electron William Thompson (Lord Kelvin) (1824 - 1907) - developed the Kelvin scale of absolute temperature measurement John Tyndall (1820 - 1893) - discovered why the sky is blue Ernest Walton (1903 - 1995) - awarded Nobel prize for his research in nuclear physics |