Peter Barlow
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1776-10-13 ) 13 October 1776, Norwich , Norfolk
- Died
- 1 March 1862 (1862-03-01) (aged 85), Charlton, London
- Known for
- Barlow lens , Barlow's wheel , Barlow's formula , Barlow's Tables
- Awards
- Copley Medal (1825)
- Fields
- Mathematics , physics , engineering
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Peter
- Family name
- Barlow
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- Norwich
- Place of death
- Kent
- Child
- William Henry Barlow
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Employer
- Royal Military Academy, Woolwich
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Notable work
- Barlow's wheel
- Image
- Peter Barlow. Stipple engraving after Thales Fielding, 1835. Wellcome V0000353.jpg
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- Commons category
- Peter Barlow
- member of
- Russian Academy of Sciences
- date of birth
- 1776-10-15
- date of death
- 1862-03-01
- writing language
- English language
- name in native language
- Peter Barlow
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Encyclopedic overview
Peter Barlow (13 October 1776 – 1 March 1862) was an English mathematician and physicist.
Work in mathematics
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Peter Barlow” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.