Peter Guthrie Tait
Mathematician and physicist
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Peter Guthrie Tait FRSE was a Scottish mathematical physicist and early pioneer in thermodynamics. He is best known for the mathematical physics textbook Treatise on Natural Philosophy, which he co-wrote with Lord Kelvin, and his early... Wikipedia
Born: April 28, 1831, Dalkeith, United Kingdom
Died: July 4, 1901 (age 70 years), Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Awards: Smith's Prize (1852), Keith Medal (1867–1869), and Royal Medal (1886)
Children: Frederick Guthrie Tait
