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Robert Bellamy Clifton
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Born | 13 March 1836 Gedney, Lincolnshire
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Died | 21 February 1921 |
(aged 84)
Robert Bellamy Clifton was an important British scientist. He lived from 1836 to 1921. He was also a Fellow of the Royal Society, which is a big honor for scientists.
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Robert Clifton's Education and Teaching Career
Robert Clifton went to two famous universities: University College, London and St John's College, Cambridge. He learned a lot from a famous scientist named Sir George Stokes.
In 1860, he became a professor at Owens College, Manchester. He taught "Natural Philosophy," which was an old name for what we now call physics.
Professor at Oxford University
In 1865, Robert Clifton became a professor at Oxford University. He taught experimental Natural Philosophy there. This meant he taught students by doing experiments.
While at Oxford, he helped design the Clarendon Laboratory. This was a special building for science research. He also gave space for other scientists, like Charles Vernon Boys, to do their research.
Important Science Groups
On June 4, 1868, Robert Clifton became a Fellow of the Royal Society. This is a very old and respected group of scientists.
He was also the president of the Physical Society from 1882 to 1884. Today, this group is called the Institute of Physics. From 1868 until he retired in 1915, he was a Fellow of Merton College, Oxford.
Robert Clifton's Family
Robert Clifton's father was a clergyman named Robert Cox Clifton. Robert's daughter, Catharine Edith, married a surgeon named Henry Souttar.