Facts: - death place: london - death date: 21 october 1886 - academic advisors: augustus de morgan - birth date: 15 october 1833 - name: frederick guthrie - image: frederick guthrie.png - birth place: bayswater , london Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of frederick guthrie .
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frederick guthrie -lrb- 1833 -- 1886 -rrb- was a british scientific writer and professor .he is the younger brother of mathematician francis guthrie .with william fletcher barrett he helped found the physical society of london -lrb- now the institute of physics -rrb- in 1874 and was president of the society from 1884 till 1886 .he believed that science should be based on experimentation rather than discussion .