Henry Hennessy
1826–1901
Irish physicist and mathematician. Initially an engineer, became librarian at Queen’s College, Cork, in 1849. Professor of physics at the Roman Catholic University, Dublin, 1855. Professor of applied mathematics, Royal College of Science, Dublin, 1874; dean, 1880 and 1888. Specialised in meteorology, climatology, and terrestrial physics. FRS 1858.
Source
ODNB.
Bibliography
ODNB: Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition.) Edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. and index. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.
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