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Tyndall's Early Life
John Tyndall was born on August 2, 1820, in a town called Leighlin Bridge, Ireland. His views on the natural sciences may have been influenced by his mother, Sarah Tyndall, who was the descendant of a Quaker, and his father who was a Protestant. -
Tyndall's Education
His started his basic education in his hometown and then he began to work as a land surveyor in both Ireland and England from 1839-1847.
After working as a surveyor, Tyndall became a teacher at the Queenwood School in Hampshire in 1847. Tyndall had met an English chemist named Edward Franklin and decided to pursue a higher education at the University of Marburg, Germany in 1848. -
Tyndall's Studies on diamagnetism
Tyndall began extensive studies on diamagnetism with Hermann Knoblauch in November 1849 while attending college. Tyndall had published two papers with Knoblauch on the subject. The second paper he had published with Knoblauch had become one of six memoirs of his collected studies on diamagnetism. -
Tyndall and the Royal Institution
Three years after getting a PhD in 1850, Tyndall was appointed the Professor of Natural Philosophy at the Royal Institution in London. -
Tyndall and Radiant Heat
In 1859, Tyndal examined the transmission and the absorption of radiant heat and light by gases and announced it in a Discourse at the Royal Institution. He had also had reports published in the Continental journals. https://youtu.be/agFBsON_Fpc -
Tyndall and Radiant Heat (Cont.)
After more examination, he had a series of experiments reported in his seminal paper and in the Bakerian Lecture to the Royal Society in 1861. -
References
Barton, R. (2023, July 29). John Tyndall. Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Tyndall Cantor, G. (2015, December 20). John Tyndall’s religion: a fragment. Royal Society Publishing. https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsnr.2015.0017 Jackson R. John Tyndall and the Royal Medal that was never struck. Notes Rec R Soc Lond. 2014 Jun 20;68(2):151-64. doi: 10.1098/rsnr.2013.0063. PMID: 24921107; PMCID: PMC4006161. -
References (Cont.)
Jackson R. John Tyndall and the Royal Medal that was never struck. Notes Rec R Soc Lond. 2014 Jun 20;68(2):151-64. doi: 10.1098/rsnr.2013.0063. PMID: 24921107; PMCID: PMC4006161. -
Tyndall Death
John Tyndall then died on December 4, 1893, in Hindhead, Surrey, England.