Mathematician:William Thomson

Also known as Lord Kelvin, William Thomson was a British mathematical physicist and engineer who did important work in: Received a knighthood from Queen Victoria for his work on the development of the transatlantic electric telegraph project.
 * the mathematical analysis of electricity
 * formulation of the first and second laws of thermodynamics
 * unification of the discipline of modern physics

Nationality
British

History

 * Born: 26 June 1824 in Belfast, Ireland
 * Died: 17 December 1907 in Netherhall (near Largs), Ayrshire, Scotland

Theorems and Definitions

 * Kelvin-Stokes Theorem (with George Stokes)
 * Kelvin (the SI base unit of temperature)
 * Kelvin Transform
 * Kelvin Function

Books and Papers

 * 1840: Essay on the Figure of the Earth
 * 1841: Fourier's expansions of functions in trigonometrical series
 * 1842: On the uniform motion of heat and its connection with the mathematical theory of electricity
 * 1856: Dynamical illustrations of the magnetic and helicoidal rotary effects of transparent bodies on polarised light
 * 1867: On vortex motion