John Kerr

John Kerr FRS was a Scottish physicist and a pioneer in the field of electro-optics. He is best known for the discovery of what is now called the Kerr effect.

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Who was born first?

• John Kerr and William Huggins were born the same year
• John Kerr and Alexander William Williamson were born the same year
• John Kerr and Benjamin Apthorp Gould were born the same year
• John Kerr and Gustav Kirchhoff were born the same year
• John Kerr and Johann Wilhelm Hittorf were born the same year

Timeline

1. Alexander William WilliamsonMay 1, 1824 – May 6, 1904
2. Benjamin Apthorp GouldSeptember 27, 1824 – November 26, 1896
3. Gustav KirchhoffMarch 12, 1824 – October 17, 1887
4. Johann Wilhelm HittorfMarch 27, 1824 – November 28, 1914
5. John Kerr (this page)December 17, 1824 – August 15, 1907
6. William HugginsFebruary 7, 1824 – May 12, 1910

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