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| Sir William Crookes | |
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 "Sir William Crookes" by Spy (1902) |
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| Born | June 17, 1832 London, England |
| Died | April 4, 1919 (86) London, England |
| Nationality | English |
Sir William Crookes, OM, FRS (June 17, 1832 – April 4, 1919) was an English chemist and physicist, a pioneer in the development of vacuum tubes (and inventor of the Crookes tube). He served as President of the Royal Society between 1913 and 1915.
Resources
- Gerry Vassilatos, Borderland Visionary - the Life of Sir William Crookes: Part 1, Part 2