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Jun 07, 1868 Galway, Connacht, Ireland Died on 16 Feb 1957 (aged 88)
Irish mathematical physicist
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About John Sealy Townsend
- Sir John Sealy Edward Townsend, FRS (7 June 1868 – 16 February 1957) was an Irish mathematical physicist who conducted various studies concerning the electrical conduction of gases (concerning the kinetics of electrons and ions) and directly measured the electrical charge.
- He was a Wykeham Professor of physics at Oxford University.The phenomenon of the electron avalanche was discovered by him, and is known as the Townsend discharge.
