Balfour Stewart Scientist

Balfour Stewart (1 November 1828 – 19 December 1887) was a Scottish physicist. His studies in the field of radiant heat led to him receiving the Rumford Medal of the Royal Society in 1868. In 1859 he was appointed director of Kew Observatory. He was elected professor of physics at Owens College, Manchester, and retained that chair until his death, which happened near Drogheda, in Ireland, on 19 December 1887. He was the author of several successful science textbooks, and also of the article on "Terrestrial Magnetism" in the ninth edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica.

Personal facts

Birth date	November 01, 1828
Birth place	Edinburgh , Scotland
Nationality	Scotland
Citizenship	United Kingdom
Date of death	December 19, 1887
Place of death	County Meath , Ireland
Education	University of St Andrews
Known for	Meteorology Heat Journal of Geophysical Research