George Carey Foster | |
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 George Carey Foster | |
| Born | (1835-10-00)October 1835 Sabden England |
| Died | 9 February 1919(1919-02-09) (aged 83) |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | University College, London |
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| Fields | Chemistry, physics |
| Institutions | University College, London |
| Doctoral students | Oliver Lodge,William Edward AyrtonArthur Prince Chattock,John Ambrose Fleming |
George Carey FosterFCS FRS (October 1835 – 9 February 1919) was a chemist and physicist, known for application and modification of theWheatstone bridge for precise electrical measurement. TheCarey Foster bridge is named after him.[1]
Born inSabden,Lancashire, George Carey Foster received early education at private schools and then graduated in chemistry fromUniversity College London. He was Professor of Physics at University College London from 1865 to 1898, and served as the firstPrincipal (salaried head of the College) from 1900 to 1904.[2]
In the 1860s he, in collaboration withAugustus Matthiessen, published three important papers on the chemical constitution ofalkaloids.[2] In the summer of 1876 at South Kensington, Foster gave two lectures to science teachers on electrical measurements.[3]
He was the president of thePhysical Society of London for two years beginning in 1887. He received an honoraryLL.D. from theUniversity of Glasgow and an honorary D.Sc. from theUniversity of Manchester.[2]
Foster was a member of theAthenaeum Club, London.[4] In 1868 he married Mary Anne Frances Muir, who died in 1917 about 18 months before his own death in February 1919. Both of them were survived by all of their four sons and four daughters.[2]
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