Person Lodge; Sir; Oliver Joseph (1851 - 1940); physicist Lodge Oliver Joseph Sir physicist 1851 - 1940 British Male The Views, Penkhull, Staffordshire, England 12 June 1851 18510612 Normanton House, Lake, near Salisbury, Wiltshire, England 22/08/1940 19400822 Burial: St. Michael’s Church, Wilsford (Lake), Wiltshire

21 Waverley Road, Liverpool (1886)

physicist Telegraphy Wireless communication systems Physics Education: Local dame-school; Newport grammar school, Shropshire (1859-1863); Combs, Suffolk, with his uncle (1863-1865); University College, London. DSc Career: Professor of Physics, University College, Liverpool (1881-1900); Principal, University of Birmingham (1900-1919); retired and settled in Normantn House, near Lake, Wiltshire (1920); made Freeman of his native city, Stoke-on-Trent (1928). Honours: Kt 1902 Memberships: Liverpool Physical Society (President 1889-1893) Awards/Medals: Albert Medal 1919 Faraday Medal 1932 Parents: Oliver Lodge (1826–1884), railway clerk and later a merchant, and Grace Heath (1826–1879). Siblings: Sir Richard Lodge (1855–1936); Eleanor Constance Lodge (1869–1936), both having extinguished academic careers. Spouse: Mary Fanny Alexander Marshall (1851–1929) of Newcastle under Lyme, daughter of Alexander Marshall . who had trained as an artist at the Slade School (1877). Children: Six sons and six daughters: Oliver William Foster (1878 - 1955); Francis Brodie (1880 - 1967); Alec (1881 - 1938); Lionel (1883 - 1948); Noel (1885 - 1962); Violet (1888 - 1924); Raymond (1889 - 1915); Honor (1891 - 1979); Lorna (1892 - 1987); Norah (1894 - 1990); Barbara (1896 - 1983); Rosalynde (1896 - 1983). Heavily involved with the development of radio, and holder of key patents for radio. Notable for his defence of aether theory. Identified electromagnetic radiation. Pioneer of spiritualism who undertook pseudpscientific research into the topic of life after death and telepathy. Active member of the Fabian Society and published two Fabian Tracts. Medals and prizes: Rumford Medal 1898 Fellow 09/06/1887 36 David Edward Hughes William Huggins William Crookes John Perry Herbert McLeod Thomas Edward Thorpe Philip Henry Pye-Smith Henry Edward Armstrong William Edward Ayrton Arnold William Reinold John Hopkinson James Whitbread Lee Glaisher George Howard Darwin Robert Stawell Ball George Francis Fitzgerald George Johnstone Stoney William Grylls Adams William Thomson George Carey Foster Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB Obituaries: Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society 1939-1941 vol 3 pp 551-574, plate, by R A Gregory and Allan Ferguson References: Sir Bernard Lovell, 'The Invention of Radio Communication', review of Peter Rowlands and J Patrick Wilson, eds, Oliver Lodge and the Invention of Radio in NR 1997 vol 51 pp 151-153 A D Boney, 'The Summer of 1914: Diary of a Botanist' in NR 1998 vol 52 pp 323-338 Brebis Bleaney, 'A Century of Physics in Oxford' in NR 1999 vol 53 pp 333-343 Leslie Green, review of Peter Rowlands, Oliver Lodge and the Liverpool Physical Society in NR 1991 vol 45 pp 279-281 Vanity Fair 04 February 1904 Lodge O J, IM Maull 002791.jpg ©Godfrey Argent Studio 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/doi/10.1098/rsbm.1941.0022 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/action/doSearch?ContribAuthorRaw=Lodge%2C+Oliver+Joseph RCN 49874 RCN 18082 RCN 9600 RCN 50069 RCN 50070 RCN 18083 RCN 49872 RCN 50067 RCN 34319 RCN 49873 RCN 49874 RCN 50070 RCN 37516 RCN 50075 RCN 50077 RCN 13648 RCN 35148 RCN 50082 RCN 50277 RCN 50074 RCN 14957 RCN 50071 RCN R78415 RCN 50076 RCN 50083 RCN 21864 RCN 18550 RCN 49878 RCN 49879 RCN 50084 RCN 50078 RCN 14959 RCN 50278 RCN 45562 RCN 21776 RCN 50080 RCN 37515 RCN 14961 RCN 14962 RCN 50085 RCN 50079 RCN 50081 RCN 50604 RCN 50073 RCN 50072 RCN 14317 RCN 34318 RCN 39709 RCN 50603 RCN 26812 RCN 50086 RCN 34278 https://pictures.royalsociety.org/results?mi_search_type=adv&mi_adv_search=yes&adv_person_id=AUTH5276 12 Jun 1851 - 22 Aug 1940 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 30/10/2024 as part of the Name Authority Project update. NA8070 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 17/03/2026 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/39421635 39d6b69c-920f-4074-b8ef-80af12f0c366