C. V. Boys
Charles Vernon Boys | |
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Sir Charles Vernon Boys, FRS | |
| Born | 15 March 1855 Wing, Rutland, England |
| Died | 30 March 1944 (aged 89) St Mary Bourne, Andover, Hampshire, England |
| Awards | Royal Medal (1896) Duddell Medal and Prize 1924) Rumford Medal (1924) Elliott Cresson Medal (1939) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
Sir Charles Vernon Boys, FRS (15 March 1855 – 30 March 1944) was a British physicist, known for his careful and innovative experimental work in the fields of thermodynamics and high-speed photography, and as a popular science communicator through his books, inventions, and his public lectures for children.