James Cumming

James Cumming
James Cumming.

James Cumming (* 24. Oktober 1777; † 10. November 1861) war ein englischer Geistlicher und Hochschullehrer.

Er war 43 Jahre Rektor in North Runcton und 1815-1860 Professor der Chemie am Trinity College in Cambridge.[1]

Im April und Mai 1821 beschrieb er seine galvanometrischen Experimente an der Cambridge Philosophical Society. Seit 1816 war er Fellow der Royal Society in London.

Werke

  • A Manual of Electro-dynamics

Literatur

  • William Brock: Coming and going: the fitful career of James Cumming. In: The 1702 Chair of Chemistry at Cambridge. Cambridge University Press 2007, ISBN 978-0-521-03085-4.

Einzelnachweise

  1. http://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/namedefs/namedef-1151.html

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