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Aug 03, 1851 Dublin, Leinster, Ireland Died on 22 Feb 1901 (aged 49)
Irish physicist
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About George Francis Fitzgerald
- Prof George Francis FitzGerald (3 August 1851 – 22 February 1901) was an Irish academic who was Erasmus Smith's Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy (1881-1901) at Trinity College Dublin (TCD).
- FitzGerald is known for his work in electromagnetic theory and for the Lorentz–FitzGerald contraction, which became an integral part of Einstein's special theory of relativity.
- A crater on the far side of the Moon is named for him, as is a building at TCD.
