Humphrey Lloyd
Humphrey Lloyd (1800–1881), physicist and university administrator
1800 Born in Dublin, the eldest son of the Revd Bartholomew Lloyd (1772–1837), later provost of Trinity College, Dublin, and his wife, Eleanor McLaughlin.
1815 entered Trinity College, Dublin. He profited greatly from the renaissance in mathematical education initiated at the college by his father.
1819 graduated BA, taking first place and the gold medal for science
1824 became a junior fellow. He devoted himself especially to scientific studies
1831 succeeded his father as Erasmus Smith's professor of natural and experimental philosophy. He made a number of notable contributions to physical optics.
1834-5 In collaboration with Edward Sabine and James Clerk Ross, carried out a magnetic survey of Ireland
1837-8 Designed instruments that were used in the observatory built at Trinity College, Dublin, in 1837–8, constructed for the most part by Thomas Grubb of Dublin. This became the prototype for a series of 33 similar observatories in Britain and around the world.
1840 married Dorothea Bulwer. They had no children.
1857 Professor Humphrey Lloyd, S.F.T.C.D., was president of the British Association when it met in Dublin.
1862 he became vice-provost of Trinity College
1867 he became provost of the college
He was a leading member of the general synod of the disestablished Church of Ireland and he contributed in the 1870s to debate on the revision of the church prayer book.
1881 Died in Dublin
See Also
Sources of Information
- Biography of Humphrey Lloyd, ODNB