Leta 1841 se je vpisal na Univerzo v Cambridgeu. Leta 1851 je bil izvoljen v Kraljevo družbo v Londonu, ter ji kasneje med letoma 1890 in 1895 tudi predsedoval.
William Thomson, Baron Kelvin, Scottish engineer, mathematician, and physicist who profoundly influenced the scientific thought of his generation. He was foremost among the small group of British scientists who helped lay the foundations of…