Life
1800-1881; scientist; son of Bartholomew; BA TCD, 1819; junior fellow, 1824; MA 1827; Erasmus Smith Prof. of nat. and exper. philosophy, 1831-43; Pres. RIA, 1846-51; DCL Oxon., 1855; vice-prov., 1862; Provost, 1867; treatises on optics and magnetism, embodying discoveries. ODNB
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