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Silvanus Phillips Thompson

Silvanus Phillips Thompson — a memorial in england-yorkshire, United Kingdom.

51 Bootham, York (Bootham School) - geograph.org.uk - 6343061

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15 min–45 min

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Silvanus Phillips Thompson is a memorial located in england-yorkshire, United Kingdom. Sourced from OpenStreetMap (ODbL licence); see local listings for visitor information, opening hours and admission details.

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From the Wikipedia article

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.

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Coordinates
53.9642, -1.0877
Address
Exhibition Square, York, YO1 7EW

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Silvanus Phillips Thompson is in Yorkshire & the Humber, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 53.9642°, -1.0877°.