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    • Balfour Stewart (1 November 1828 – 19 December 1887) was a Scottish physicist and meteorologist. His studies in the field of radiant heat led to him receiving the Rumford Medal of the Royal Society in 1868. In 1859 he was appointed director of Kew Observatory. He was elected professor of physics at Owens College, Manchester, and retained that c… See more

    Born1 November 1828 · Edinburgh, Scotland
    Died19 December 1887 (aged 59) · Ballymagarvey, Balrath, County Meath, Ireland
    CitizenshipBritish
    Career

    Stewart was born on 1 November 1828 at 1 London Row in Leith (north of Edinburgh), the son of William Stewart a tea merchant, and his wife, Jane Clouston. His father was involved in business in Great Britain and Australia. … See more

    The Great Geomagnetic Storms of September 1859

    Balfour Stewart recorded remarkable geomagnetic disturbances on the evening of 28 August 1859 and the morning of 2 September 1859, at the Kew Observatory, and presented his findings in a paper presented t… See more

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