C. V. Boys

Sir
Charles Vernon Boys
Sir Charles Vernon Boys
	Sir Charles Vernon Boys, FRS
Born	15 March 1855; Wing, Rutland, England
Died	30 March 1944 (aged 89); St Mary Bourne, Andover, Hampshire, England
Awards	Royal Medal (1896); Duddell Medal and Prize 1924); Rumford Medal (1924); Elliott Cresson Medal (1939)
	Scientific career
Fields	Physics

Sir Charles Vernon Boys, FRS^[2] (15 March 1855 – 30 March 1944) was a British physicist, known for his careful and innovative experimental work in the fields of thermodynamics and high-speed photography, and as a popular science communicator through his books, inventions, and his public lectures for children.^[1]^[3]

^ ^a ^b ^c O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "C. V. Boys", MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive, University of St Andrews
^ Rayleigh, B. (1944). "Charles Vernon Boys. 1855–1944". Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society. 4 (13): 771. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1944.0021. S2CID 125368387.
^ "No. 1750: Soap Bubbles". www.uh.edu. Retrieved 11 January 2021.

[MacTutor-1] O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "C. V. Boys", MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive, University of St Andrews

[frs-2] Rayleigh, B. (1944). "Charles Vernon Boys. 1855–1944". Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society. 4 (13): 771. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1944.0021. S2CID 125368387.

[3] "No. 1750: Soap Bubbles". www.uh.edu. Retrieved 11 January 2021.

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Sir Charles Vernon Boys
Sir Charles Vernon Boys, FRS
Born	15 March 1855 (1855-03-15) Wing, Rutland, England^[1]
Died	30 March 1944 (1944-03-31) (aged 89) St Mary Bourne, Andover, Hampshire, England^[1]
Awards	Royal Medal (1896) Duddell Medal and Prize 1924) Rumford Medal (1924) Elliott Cresson Medal (1939)
Scientific career
Fields	Physics