Mathematician:George Francis FitzGerald

Mathematician

Irish academic and physicist known for his work in electromagnetic theory and for the Lorentz-Fitzgerald contraction.

Nationality

Irish (then part of Great Britain).

History

• Born: 3 August 1851 in Dublin, Ireland
• Died: 21 February 1901 in Dublin, Ireland

Theorems and Definitions

• Lorentz-Fitzgerald Contraction (or Fitzgerald-Lorentz contraction) (independently of Hendrik Antoon Lorentz)

Definitions of concepts named for George Francis FitzGerald can be found here.

Publications

• 1876: On the equations of equilibrium of an elastic surface
• 1876: On the rotation of the plane of polarisation of light by reflection from the pole of a magnet
• 1878: On the electromagnetic theory of the reflection and refraction of light

Sources

• John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson: "George Francis FitzGerald": MacTutor History of Mathematics archive