Robert Bellamy Clifton

Robert Bellamy Clifton
Born13 March 1836
Gedney, Lincolnshire, England
Died21 February 1921 (1921-02-22) (aged 84)
Oxford, England

Robert Bellamy Clifton FRS (13 March 1836 – 21 February 1921) was a British scientist.[1]

Academic career

Clifton was educated at University College, London and St John's College, Cambridge where he studied under Sir George Stokes.[2] In 1860 he went to Owens College, Manchester as Professor of Natural Philosophy. While there he was elected to the membership of Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society on 22 January 1861. [3]

In 1865 he was appointed Professor of experimental Natural Philosophy at Oxford University. While at Oxford he designed Clarendon Laboratory and gave research space to Charles Vernon Boys. [4] [5] On 4 June 1868 he became a fellow of the Royal Society. He was president of the Physical Society (now Institute of Physics) from 1882 until 1884. From 1868 until his retirement in 1915 he was a Fellow of Merton College, Oxford.[6]

Family

Clifton's father was the clergyman Robert Cox Clifton. His daughter Catharine Edith was married to the surgeon Henry Souttar.

References

  1. ^ Royal Astronomical Society. "Obituaries". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. LXXXII: 248. doi:10.1093/mnras/82.4.248.
  2. ^ Cahan,David (2012). "Helmholtz and the British scientific elite: From force conservation to energy conservation". Notes Rec. R. Soc. 66: 55–68. doi:10.1098/rsnr.2011.0044.
  3. ^ Complete List of the Members & Officers of the Manchester Literary & Philosophical Society. From its institution on February 28th 1781 to April, 1896.
  4. ^ Gooday, Graeme and Fox, Robert (editors) (1998). Physics in Oxford, 1839-1939. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198567929.001.0001. ISBN 9780198567929. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ "Physics at the university of Oxford". oxford university. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
  6. ^ Levens, R.G.C., ed. (1964). Merton College Register 1900–1964. Oxford: Basil Blackwell. p. 1.


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