Silvanus P. Thompson

Photograph from Thompson's obituary in the Proceedings of the Royal Society<ref>Thompson's obituary in Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 1917–1918, vol. 94, pp xvi–xix. See also ''Silvanus Thompson, His Life and Letters'', Unwin, London, 1920 by Thompson and Thompson</ref> Silvanus Phillips Thompson (19 June 1851 – 12 June 1916) was an English professor of physics at the City and Guilds Technical College in Finsbury, England. He was elected to the Royal Society in 1891 and was known for his work as an electrical engineer and as an author. Thompson's most enduring publication is his 1910 text ''Calculus Made Easy'', which teaches the fundamentals of infinitesimal calculus, and is still in print. Thompson also wrote a popular physics text, ''Elementary Lessons in Electricity and Magnetism,'' as well as biographies of Lord Kelvin and Michael Faraday. Provided by Wikipedia
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