| 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 |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB (MP)
References:
Brebis Bleaney, 'Centenary of the Zeeman Effect' in NR 1998 vol 52 pp 131-136 |
| Code | NA6642 |
| RefNo | 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] |
| MS/962 | Correspondence of Thomas Preston and Katherine Mary Preston | 1890s-1920s |
| MS/962/1 | Correspondence of Thomas Preston | 1890-1900 |
| MS/962/1/3 | Testimonial from Robert Carbery, President, University College, Dublin, on behalf of Thomas Preston | December 1891 [?] |
| 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 |
| MS/603/9/75 | Letter from T [Thomas] Preston, University Club, to [Joseph] Larmor | 18 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 |
| MS/603/9/74 | Letter from T [Thomas] Preston, University Club, to [Joseph] Larmor | 8 January 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] |
| MS/962/1/7 | Letter from [Thomas Preston], Bardowie, Orwell Park, Rathgar, Dublin, to 'My dear B M' | 23 August 1896 |
| MS/962/1/4 | Letter from W [Walter] LeConte Stevens, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY [New York], to Thomas Preston, University College, Dublin | 8 March 1894 |
| MS/962/1/1 | Letter from Alexander Johnson, 5 Prince of Wales Terrace, Montreal, Canada, to Thos [Thomas] Preston, 22 Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland | 3 July 1890 |
| MS/962/1/2 | Testimonial from Robert S [Stawell] Ball, Observatory, County Dublin, on behalf of Thomas Preston | 2 December 1891 |
| MS/962/1/5 | Letter from George Salmon, Provost's House, Trinity College, Dublin, to [Thomas] Preston | 22 February 1894 |
| MS/962/1/6 | Letter from Gilbert R [Richard] Redgrave, Sch Kensington, to T [Thomas] Preston, Dublin | 22 May 1895 |
| MS/962/1/12 | Letter from J N [Joseph Norman] Lockyer, Solar Physics Observatory, South Kensington, London, to [Thomas] Preston | 9 October [1899] |
| MS/962/1/10 | Letter from E W [Edgar Walford] Marchant, Blythswood, Renfrew, to [Thomas] Preston | 6 October 1899 |
| MS/962/1/11 | Letter from Lord Blythswood, Ballathie, Stanley, to [Thomas] Preston | 8 October 1899 |
| MS/962/1/9 | Letter from J [Joseph] Larmor, 24 Mark Street, Portrush, to [Thomas] Preston | 5 September 1899 |
| MS/962/1/8 | Letter from Lord Blythswood, Granby Hotel, Harrogate, to [Thomas] Preston | 20 July 1899 |