Silvanus P. Thompson, English physicist, engineer, and academic (died 1916)

Silvanus P. Thompson

British academic physicist (1851–1916)

Silvanus Phillips Thompson was an English professor of physics at the City and Guilds Technical College in Finsbury, England. He was elected to the Royal Society in 1891 and was known for his work as an electrical engineer and as an author. Thompson's most enduring publication…