death_date death_place work_institution birth_place field birth_date known_for signature prizes image article_title name alma_mater
4 december 1893 -lrb- aged 73 -rrb- haslemere , surrey , england royal institution of great britain leighlinbridge , county carlow , ireland physics , chemistry yes 2 august 1820 atmosphere , infrared radiation , tyndallization , physics education , tyndall effect , diamagnetism johntyndallsignature.png royal -rrb- medal -lrb- 1853 -rrb- rumford medal -lrb- 1864 johntyndall -lrb- 1820-1893 -rrb- , engraving,sil14-t003-09a _ cropped.jpg john tyndall
 john tyndall university of marburg
john tyndall

john tyndall frs -lrb- 2 august 1820 -- 4 december 1893 -rrb- was a prominent 19th century physicist .
his initial scientific fame arose in the 1850s from his study of diamagnetism .
later he made discoveries in the realms of infrared radiation and the physical properties of air .
tyndall also published more than a dozen science books which brought state-of-the-art 19th century experimental physics to a wide audience .
from 1853 to 1887 he was professor of physics at the royal institution of great britain in london .
