His biography is well and sympathetically written, it affords a vivid, and, on the whole, a true picture of Lord Kelvin as a student of science, as a university teacher, as an engineer and man of ...

William (Thomson), 1st Baron Kelvin of Largs, physicist, mathematician, engineer and inventor, was buried in the nave of Westminster Abbey. He was born on 26th June 1824 in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

He was knighted in 1866 by Queen Victoria in honour of his contribution to the transatlantic telegraph cable, later taking the title of 1st Baron Kelvin of Largs. Lord Kelvin is buried at ...