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James Prescott Joule
English physicist and brewer (1818–1889)
Details
- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 11 December 1818
- Died
- 11 October 1889
- Place of birth
- Salford
- Place of death
- Sale
- Sex or gender
- male
- Family name
- Joule
- Father
- Benjamin Joule
- Mother
- Alice Prescott
- Spouse
- Amelia Grimes
- Occupation
- physicist
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Awards
- Royal Medal, Copley Medal, Fellow of the Royal Society, Albert Medal, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- described by source
- Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900, Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, BEIC Digital Library, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890), Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, The New Student's Reference Work, Physicists: Biographical Dictionary
- educated at
- University of Manchester
- influenced by
- John Dalton
- languages spoken, written or signed
- English
- member of
- Royal Society, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, National Academy of Sciences, Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society, Academy of Sciences of Turin
- name in native language
- James Prescott Joule
- notable work
- thermodynamics
- place of burial
- Brooklands
- student of
- John Dalton
- topic's main category
- Category:James Prescott Joule
- writing language
- English
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