James Prescott Joule FRS FRSE was an English physicist, mathematician and brewer, born in Salford, Lancashire. Joule studied the nature of heat, and discovered its relationship to mechanical work. This led to the law of conservation of energy,... Wikipedia
Born: December 24, 1818, Salford, United Kingdom
Died: October 11, 1889 (age 70 years), Sale, United Kingdom
Spouse: Amelia Grimes (m. 1847–1854)
Children: Alice Amelia, Benjamin Arthur, and Henry James
Awards: Royal Medal (1852), Copley Medal (1870), and Albert Medal (1880)
Parents: Benjamin Joule and Alice Prescott Joule
Siblings: Benjamin St John Baptist Joule