William Tulloch Jeans
William Tulloch Jeans (1848–1907) was a British parliamentary journalist and author.
Career
Jeans was parliamentary correspondent for The Globe, and was widely known for and consulted on his knowledge of parliamentary principle.[1]
In their 1887 review of the first volume of The Lives of Electricians, The Spectator commented that, "Jeans has treated a subject always interesting in a pleasing and graceful way".[2]
Selected publications
- The Lives of Electricians (1887, Whittaker & Co)
- Creators of the Age of Steel (1884)[3]
Personal life
His wife came from Stockport. They lived in Brighton, then Tulse Hill and Clapham Park in London.[1]
He was the father of Sir James Hopwood Jeans OM FRS (1877–1946), physicist, astronomer and mathematician.[1]
References
- ^ a b c E. A. Milne (12 September 2013). Sir James Jeans: A Biography. Cambridge University Press. p. 1. ISBN 978-1-107-62333-0. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
- ^ "Lives of the Electricians. By W. T. Jeans. (Whittaker and 0 Co.)". The Spectator. 3 December 1887. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
- ^ "Creators of the Age of Steel by William Tulloch Jeans (9781108026925) - Books - The Nile NZ". thenile.co.nz. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
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