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Humphrey Lloyd

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Humphrey Lloyd

Irish physicist and academic administrator (1800–1881)

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About Humphrey Lloyd

Humphrey Lloyd PRIA was an Irish physicist and academic who served as the 30th Provost of Trinity College Dublin from 1867 to 1881. He was Erasmus Smith's Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy at Trinity College Dublin from 1831 to 1843. Lloyd is known for experimentally verifying conical refraction, a theoretical prediction made by William Rowan Hamilton about the way light is bent when travelling through a biaxial crystal. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society, and President of both the British Association and the Royal Irish Academy.

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Occupation

physicist, engineer, philosopher

Position held

President of the British Science Association, Provost of Trinity College, chairperson

Citizenship

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Kingdom of Great Britain

Born

April 16, 1800, 1800

Died

January 17, 1881

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