John Tyndall (nonfiction)

John Tyndall.

John Tyndall FRS (2 August 1820 – 4 December 1893) was a prominent Anglo-Irish 19th-century physicist. His initial scientific fame arose in the 1850s from his study of diamagnetism.

Later he made discoveries in the realms of infrared radiation and the physical properties of air.

Tyndall also published more than a dozen science books which brought state-of-the-art 19th century experimental physics to a wide audience.

From 1853 to 1887 he was professor of physics at the Royal Institution of Great Britain in London.

In his last years Tyndall often took chloral hydrate to treat his insomnia. When bedridden and ailing, he died from an accidental overdose of this drug in 1893 at the age of 73.

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• John Tyndall @ Wikipedia