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Born in County Cariow in southeastern Ireland and attended the local National School
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Tyndall's studies of magnetism and dimagnetism yielded discoveries in the behavior of chemical compounds based upon principles of magnetism developed through his experimentation.
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Tyndall distinguished himself as a great talent at sharing complex scientific concepts to laymen.
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Tyndall gained a professorship of natural science at the Royal Institute of London and began experimenting with the ability of different gasses, carbon dioxide and water vapor in particular, absorbed heat. On this date he used his newly invented differential spectrometer to show the absorption of heat by a sample of gas. He was able to derive from these experiments what would be known as the greenhouse effect.
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Tyndall delivered a speech to the British Association for the Advancement of Science arguing against the use of religion to explain the features of the cosmos and a move toward scientific observation as a conduit to discovery.
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Tyndall died of an accidental overdose of a medication he took to battle insomnia.
