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
Parents: Benjamin Joule and Alice Prescott Joule
Spouse: Amelia Grimes (m. 1847–1854)
Awards: Royal Medal (1852), Copley Medal (1870), and Albert Medal (1880)
Children: Alice Amelia, Benjamin Arthur, and Henry James
Siblings: Benjamin St John Baptist Joule