About
Mathematician and physicist best known for discovering radiation pressure exerted by light in 1903. He is the author of both Survey of Modern Physics and Elementary Modern Physics.
Before Fame
He taught math and science at Hamilton Collegiate Institute in Ontario.
Trivia
He conducted the experiment with Ernest Fox Nichols, the invention is known as the Nichols radiometer.
Family Life
He married Wilhelmine Brandt on September 5, 1911.
Associated With
He was a contemporary of fellow mathematician and physicist Max Born.
