Humphrey Lloyd (physicist)

Humphrey Lloyd ( born April 16, 1800 Dublin, † January 17, 1881 ) was a British physicist.

Life and work

After the finishing touch to his scientific studies, Lloyd turned to as a physicist mainly optical problems. He has focused particularly on theoretical questions of reflection of light. Fundamental to the physics of optics here were especially his experiments on interference of light, which he carried out with a single mirror. Of particular importance are his theoretical studies of the conical refraction were.

Further Reading

• James G. O'Hara: Lloyd, Humphrey ( 1800-1881 ). In: HCG Matthew, Brian Harrison ( ed.): Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, from the earliest times to the year 2000 ( ODNB ), Volume 34 ( Liston - McAlpine ), Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19 - 861384-9, online, Booth: 2008 (license required ). seen on December 29, 2012 ( English)