Larmor, Joseph, 1857-1942
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found: Thomson, J. Collected papers in physics and engineering, 1912:t.p. (Sir Joseph Larmor, D.Sc., LL.D., Sec. R.S., M.P., Lucasian Professor of Mathematics in the University of Cambridge)
found: LCCN 38-1012: Maxwell, J.C. Origins of Clerk Maxwell's electric ideas, 1937(hdg.: Larmor, Sir Joseph, 1857- ; usage: Sir Joseph Larmor)
found: LC data base, 7-30-87(hdg.: Larmor, Joseph, Sir, 1857- ; usage: Joseph Larmor)
found: Oxford dictionary of national biography WWW site, Nov. 27, 2009(Larmor, Sir Joseph; b. July 11, 1857, Magheragall, Co. Antrim; d. May 19, 1942, Holywood, Co. Down; theoretical physicist)
found: Oxford dictionary of national biography WWW site, 23 Sep., 2014(seeking to return to Cambridge, Larmor applied unsuccessfully for the Cavendish professorship of experimental physics in 1884; J. J. Thomson was elected, but in 1885 Larmor was appointed to succeed him in one of five recently created university lectureships in mathematics; he lived at St John's College for the rest of his working life, succeeding G. G. Stokes as Lucasian professor of mathematics in 1903) - http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/34409?docPos=2
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1987-08-03: new
2025-08-05: revised
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