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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1851-08-03 ) 3 August 1851, Dublin , Ireland , UKGBI
- Died
- 21 February 1901 (1901-02-21) (aged 49), Dublin, Ireland, UKGBI
- Resting place
- Mount Jerome Cemetery , Dublin
- Alma mater
- Trinity College Dublin
- Known for
- Lorentz–FitzGerald contraction
- Spouse
- Harriette Jellett ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1885 )
- Father
- William FitzGerald
- Relatives
- John Hewitt Jellett (father-in-law) George Johnstone Stoney (uncle) Bindon Blood Stoney (uncle)
- Awards
- MRIA (1878) FRS (1883) Royal Medal (1899) HonFRSE (1900)
- Title
- Erasmus Smith's Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy (1881–1901)
- Fields
- Electromagnetism
- Institutions
- Trinity College Dublin , (1877–1901)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- George
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of death
- Dublin
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- Trinity College, Dublin
- Employer
- Trinity College, Dublin
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Royal Medal
- Notable work
- length contraction
- Academic degree
- professor
- Field of work
- physics
- Image
- PSM V63 D476 George Francis FitzGerald.png
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- member of
- Royal Society of Edinburgh
- date of birth
- 1851-08-03
- date of death
- 1901-02-21
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- George Francis FitzGerald
- place of burial
- Mount Jerome Cemetery
- writing language
- English language
- Commons category
- George Francis FitzGerald
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- name in native language
- George Francis Fitzgerald
- relative
- John Hewitt Jellett
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Encyclopedic overview
George Francis FitzGerald (3 August 1851 – 21 February 1901) was an Irish theoretical physicist known for hypothesising length contraction, which became an integral part of Albert Einstein's special theory of relativity.
Biography
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