Samuel Walter Johnson Smith

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Samuel Walter Johnson Smith FRS [1] (26 January 1871 - 20 August 1948) was an English physicist.

He studied Natural Sciences at Trinity College, Cambridge [2] and became Professor of Physics at the University of Birmingham in 1919, where he succeeded J.H. Poynting. [1]

He was the son of Walter Mackersie Smith and an elected Fellow of the Royal Society. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Thomas, J. S. G. (1949). "Samuel Walter Johnson Smith. 1871-1948". Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society . 6 (18): 578–598. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1949.0014. JSTOR   768941. S2CID   178185513.
  2. "Smith, Samuel Walter Johnson (SMT890SW)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.