Samuel Walter Johnson Smith FRS[1] (26 January 1871 - 20 August 1948) was an English physicist.

He studied Natural Sciences at Trinity College, Cambridge[2] and became Professor of Physics at the University of Birmingham in 1919, where he succeeded J.H. Poynting.[1]

He was the son of Walter Mackersie Smith and an elected Fellow of the Royal Society.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Thomas, J. S. G. (1949). "Samuel Walter Johnson Smith. 1871-1948". Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society. 6 (18): 578–598. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1949.0014. JSTOR 768941. S2CID 178185513.
  2. ↑ "Smith, Samuel Walter Johnson (SMT890SW)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.



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