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William Robert Grove

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Gender Male
Death127 years ago
Date of birth July 11,1811
Zodiac sign Cancer
Born Swansea
United Kingdom
Date of died August 1,1896
DiedLondon
United Kingdom
Fields Physics
Chemistry
Criminal law
Job Lawyer
Judge
Chemist
BooksThe Correlation of Physical Forces
The Correlation and Conservation of Forces: A Series of Expositions by Prof. Grove . . . [Et Al. ]; With an Introduction and Brief Biographical Notices of the Chief Promoters of the New Views by Edward L. Youmens
Address to the British Association for the Advancement of Science, Delivered by the President, W. R. Grove, at Nottingham, August 22, 1866
The Correlation and Conservation of Forces: a Series of Expositions by Prof. Grove . . . Helmholtz . . . Mayer . . . Faraday . . . Liebig and . . . Carpenter. With an Introduction and . . . Biographical Notices of the Chief Promoters of the New Views, by E. L. Youmans
Address to the British Association for the Advancement of Science, Delivered by the President
Awards Royal Medal
Royal Society Bakerian Medal
Education Brasenose College
Known forconservation of energy
Children Florence Crauford Grove
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William Robert Grove Life story


Sir William Robert Grove, FRS FRSE was a Welsh judge and physical scientist. He anticipated the general theory of the conservation of energy, and was a pioneer of fuel cell technology. He invented the Grove voltaic cell.

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