Person Gray; Andrew (1847 - 1925); physicist Gray Andrew physicist 1847 - 1925 British Male Auchterderran, Fife, Scotland 02 July 1847 18470702 15 Victoria Circus, Glasgow, Scotland 10/10/1925 19251010

physicist Dynamics Mathematics Physics Education: MA (Glasgow) Career: Private assistant and secretary to Sir William Thomson, Lord Kelvin (FRS 1851), professor of natural philosophy at Glasgow (1874); official assistant (1880); Eglington fellow in mathematics (1876); foundation professor in the University College of North Wales, Bangor (1884); succeeded Kelvin as professor of natural philosophy at Glasgow (1899); founded the Natural Philosophy Institute (1906). Memberships: FRSE Parents: John Gray, labourer, then farmer, of Lochgelly, Fife, and Margaret Wilson. Spouse: Ann Gordon (1870) Remembered for "Absolute Measurements in Electricity and Magnetism" and Bessel Functions. Fellow 04/06/1896 49 George Forbes; William Henry Preece; Joseph David Everett; James Alfred Ewing; Arthur William Rucker; George Carey Foster; Joseph Larmor; Thomas Rupert Jones; Robert Bellamy Clifton; Alfred George Greenhill John Perry; Silvanus Phillips Thompson; John Milne; Oliver Joseph Lodge; George Francis Fitzgerald; John Henry Poynting; William Ramsay Sources: Bulloch's Roll Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc Series A 1926 vol 110 pp xvi-xix, plate, signed by A R Gray A, IM Maull 001747.jpg International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/action/doSearch?ContribAuthorRaw=Gray%2C+Andrew RCN 41634 RCN 41635 RCN 41636 RCN 41637 RCN 41638 RCN 41631 RCN 41632 RCN 41639 RCN 41633 2 Jul 1847 - 10 Oct 1925 The past Fellows entries are under continuous revision. If you have queries or additional information to contribute, please contact Library@royalsociety.org. Content in external sources is not controlled by the Royal Society and historical sources may include content that is now unacceptable. Reviewed on 24/04/2024 as part of the Name Authority Project update. NA1399 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 24/04/2024 RS_NET\VidaM Yes 252461c9-126a-4191-a055-dcd050ee848f