Alfred Daniell
Alfred Daniell FRSE (1853-1937) was a Welsh-born British advocate, remembered for his contributions to Physics. His textbooks have been translated into most European languages, and other languages from Afrikaans to Japanese.
Biography
[edit]He was born in Llanelli in Wales the son of Mayler Daniell, an accountant in 1853. He studied at the University of Edinburgh graduating MA LLB in 1874. He received a BSc in 1878 and DSc in 1884.[1] He lectured in physics in medicine at the University of Edinburgh. He was called to the Scottish Bar as an advocate in 1886.
In 1885 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, his proposers being Alexander Crum Brown, William Lindsay Alexander, James Lorimer and Peter Guthrie Tait.[2] At this time he was living at 40 Gillespie Crescent, a modest flat in the south-west of Edinburgh.[3]
He moved to London in the late 1890s and became a Barrister of the Inner Temple in 1894, specialising in cases requiring scientific knowledge.
He died on 12 January 1937 at his lodgings at Viewforth Gardens in south-west Edinburgh.[4] A large collection of his papers are held by the University of Edinburgh.
Daniell never married and had no children.
Publications
[edit]- Textbook of the Principles of Physics (1884)
- Physics for Students of Medicine
- Problems in Physics (1918)
References
[edit]- ^ "Papers of Alfred Daniell". The University of Edinburgh Archives Online. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
- ^ "Former Fellows of The Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783 – 2002, Biographical Index Part One" (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
- ^ Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directory, 1885-6
- ^ Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, January 1938
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