| Authorised form of name | Preston; Thomas (1860 - 1900) |
| Dates | 1860 - 1900 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Ballyhagan, Kilmore, County Armagh |
| Date of birth | 23 May 1860 |
| Place of death | His home in Orwell Park, Rathgar, Dublin, Ireland |
| Date of death | 07/03/1900 |
| Research field | Natural philosophy |
| Activity | Education:
Trinity College, Dublin. MA
Career:
Professor of Natural Philosophy, University College, Dublin (1891)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 09/06/1898 |
| Relationships | Youngest son of Abraham Dawson Preston and his wife Anne; married (1895) Katharine Mary McEwan |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB (MP)
References:
Brebis Bleaney, 'Centenary of the Zeeman Effect' in NR 1998 vol 52 pp 131-136 |
| Royal Society code | NA6642 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| EC/1898/12 | Preston, Thomas: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| NLB/16/814 | Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Messrs Harrison & Sons | 15 June 1898 |
| NLB/16/596 | Copy letter of a notice from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to [The Times] | 5 May 1898 |
| NLB/20/276 | Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Messrs Harrison & Sons | 12 March 1900 |
| RR/14/263 | Referee's report by Thomas Preston, on a paper 'The thermal expansion of pure nickel and cobalt' by Alfred Edwin Howard Tutton | [May 1899] |
| RR/14/259 | Referee's report by Thomas Preston, on a paper 'The thermal deformation of the crystallised normal sulphates of Potassium, Rubidium, and Caesium' by Alfred Edwin Howard Tutton | 26 February 1899 |
| RR/14/264 | Detailed referee's report by Thomas Preston, on a paper 'The thermal expansion of pure nickel and cobalt' by Alfred Edwin Howard Tutton | 15 May 1899 |
| RR/14/260 | Detailed referee's report by Thomas Preston, on a paper 'The thermal deformation of the crystallised normal sulphates of Potassium, Rubidium, and Caesium' by Alfred Edwin Howard Tutton | nd [1899] |