John Sealy Townsend
1868
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1957
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: United Kingdom
languages spoken, written or signed: English
educated at: Trinity College, Trinity College Dublin, University of Cambridge
occupation: physicist, university teacher
award received: Fellow of the Royal Society, Hughes Medal, Knight Bachelor
student of: J. J. Thomson
Sir John Sealy Edward Townsend, FRS (7 June 1868 – 16 February 1957) was an Irish-British mathematical physicist who conducted various studies concerning the electrical conduction of gases (concerning the kinetics of electrons and ions) and directly measured the electrical charge. He was a Wykeham Professor of physics at Oxford University. The phenomenon of the electron avalanche was discovered by him, and is known as the Townsend discharge. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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