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John Henry Poynting
John Henry Poynting FRS was an English physicist. He was the first professor of physics at Mason Science College from 1880 to 1900, and then the successor institution, the University of Birmingham until his death.
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science · English physicist (1852–1914) · physicist · university teacher · also John Henry Poynting, John Poynting, Poynting
Born 9 September 1852 · Died 30 March 1914 · Q470590
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Collected Scientific Papers Cambridge University Press
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1914· 1 entry
Died 1914-03-30.
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1913· 1 entry
The earth; its shape, size, weight and spin Cambridge University Press
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1910· 1 entry
Won Royal Society Bakerian Medal (1910).
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1909· 1 entry
To explain how infrared-absorbing trace gasses such as carbon dioxide in the atmosphere increases the surface temperature of Earth and Mars
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1905· 1 entry
Won Royal Medal (1905).
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1903· 1 entry
Was the first to realise that the Sun's radiation can draw in small particles towards it: this was later named the Poynting–Robertson effect
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1893· 1 entry
Awarded Adams Prize (1893).
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1880· 1 entry
Became the first professor of physics at the University of Birmingham
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1852· 1 entry
Born 1852-09-09.
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