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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1852-09-09 ) 9 September 1852, Monton , Lancashire, England
- Died
- 30 March 1914 (1914-03-30) (aged 61), Birmingham , England
- Alma mater
- University of Cambridge Owens College (now University of Manchester )
- Known for
- Poynting vector , Poynting effect , Poynting's theorem , Poynting–Robertson effect , Term " Greenhouse Effect ", Calculating the mass of the Earth
- Awards
- Adams Prize (1893) Hopkins Prize (1893) Royal Medal (1905)
- Fields
- Physicist
- Institutions
- Mason Science College , University of Birmingham
- Academic advisors
- James Clerk Maxwell
- Notable students
- Francis William Aston ; Alfred J. Lotka
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Henry
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- United Kingdom
- Place of death
- Birmingham
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- Victoria University of Manchester
- Employer
- University of Birmingham
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Adams Prize
- Notable work
- Poynting vector
- Doctoral advisor
- James Clerk Maxwell
- Field of work
- magnetic field
- Image
- John Henry Poynting.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1852-09-09
- date of death
- 1914-03-30
- member of
- Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
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- John Henry Poynting
- nominated for
- Nobel Prize in Physics
- student
- Francis William Aston
- influenced by
- Edward Routh
- name in native language
- John Henry Poynting
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- WikiProject Mathematics
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Encyclopedic overview
Mason Science College (demolished in 1964) John Henry Poynting FRS (9 September 1852 – 30 March 1914) was an English physicist. He was the first professor of physics at Mason Science College from 1880 to 1900, and then the successor institution, the University of Birmingham until his death.
Early life and education
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