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Lord Kelvin (1824-1907) was William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin. A noted physicist, he studied the mathematics of electricity and thermodynamics. The absolute temperature scale (Kelvin) is named for him. He improved the early electric telegraph, and oversaw the laying of transatlantic cables, for which he was knighted by Queen Victoria.

William's father was Dr. James Thomson, a teacher of mathematics and engineering at Royal Belfast Academical Institution and the son of a farmer. James received little practical instruction in Ulster; at the age of 24, he commenced study for half the year at the University of Glasgow, Scotland, while working as a teacher back in Belfast for the other half. On graduating, he became a mathematics teacher at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution. He married Margaret Gardner in 1817 and, of their children, four boys and two girls survived infancy. Margaret died in 1830 when William was 6 years old.

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