Oliver Heaviside

Oliver Heaviside
Heaviside c. 1900
Born	(1850-05-18)18 May 1850 Camden Town, Middlesex, England
Died	3 February 1925(1925-02-03) (aged 74) Mount Stuart Nursing Home Torquay, Devon
Resting place	Paignton cemetery, Devon
Nationality	British
Known for	Heaviside cover-up method Heaviside step function Heaviside condition Heaviside-Feynman formula Heaviside ellipsoid Kennelly–Heaviside layer Energy current Vector analysis Operational analysis Differential operators Coaxial cable Telegrapher's equations Electromagnetic four-potential Gravitoelectromagnetism
Awards	Faraday Medal (1922) Fellow of the Royal Society[1]
Scientific career
Fields	Electrical engineering, mathematics and physics
Institutions	Great Northern Telegraph Company

Oliver Heaviside FRS^[1] (/ˈhɛvisaɪd/; 18 May 1850 – 3 February 1925) was an English self-taught mathematician and physicist who invented a new technique for solving differential equations (equivalent to the Laplace transform), independently developed vector calculus, and rewrote Maxwell's equations in the form commonly used today. He significantly shaped the way Maxwell's equations are understood and applied in the decades following Maxwell's death. His formulation of the telegrapher's equations became commercially important during his own lifetime, after their significance went unremarked for a long while, as few others were versed at the time in his novel methodology.^[2] Although at odds with the scientific establishment for most of his life, Heaviside changed the face of telecommunications, mathematics, and science.^[2]