John Henry Poynting
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Professor John Henry Poynting (1852-1914), Physicist of Masons College, Birmingham
1852 Born in Manchester.
Attended Owens College, Manchester, and London University (B.Sc. 1872).
1872 Admitted to Trinity College, Cambridge
1874 Graduated B.A. (3rd Wrangler)
1878-80 Fellow of the college.
1880-14 Professor of Physics at Birmingham University
1888 Admitted to the Royal Society
1899 President of Section A, of the British Association.
1909-11 (sic) President of the Physical Society
1914 Died March 30
1914 Obituary.[1]
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