Joseph David Everett
Prof Joseph David Everett DCL
Life
Born at Rushmere, near Ipswich, Suffolk, on 11 September 1831, he was the eldest son of Joseph David Everett, a landowner and farmer of Rushmere, by his wife Elizabeth, eldest daughter of John Garwood, a corn merchant in London; Robert Lacey Everett was a brother. He was educated at Mr. Buck's private school at Ipswich. On leaving school he attended classes in mathematics at the Ipswich Mechanics' Institution under Stephen Jackson, proprietor of the Ipswich Journal, who advised him to teach.[1]
After a short experience of teaching at a private school at
Everett returned to Glasgow in 1864 as assistant to Hugh Blackburn, professor of mathematics in the university (1849โ79), and worked for a time in Lord Kelvin's laboratory. From 1867 till his retirement in 1897 he was professor of natural philosophy at Queen's College, Belfast, serving on the council from 1875 to 1881.[1]
Everett was elected fellow of the
He died from heart failure in Ealing on 9 August 1904, and was interred at Ipswich.[citation needed]
Works
Everett wrote memoirs on dynamics, light, and sound, mostly expository. His main publications were:[1]
- Units and Physical Constants'' (later The C.G.S. System of Units), 1875; 2nd ed. 1879 3rd ed. 1886; Polish transl., Warsaw, 1885.
- An Elementary Text Book of Physics, 1877; 2nd edit. 1883.
- Vibratory Motion and Sound, 1882.
- Outlines of Natural Philosophy, 1887.
He translated from Augustin Privat-Deschanel Elementary Treatise on Natural Philosophy: Physics (1870, largely rewritten; 6th edit. 1882) and, with his daughter Alice Everett, Heinrich Hovestadt's Jena Glass and its Scientific and Industrial Applications (1902).
Everett invented a system of shorthand which he published (1877 and 1883); and, a pioneer cyclist, invented a spring hub attachment for the spokes of bicycle wheels.[1] He also introduced the so-called "gridiron" slide rule, in 1866.[3]
Family
Everett married on 3 September 1862 Jessie, daughter of Alexander Fraser, later of Ewing Place Congregational Church, Glasgow (of the Frasers of
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1885). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 1. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- Bibcode:1978JRASC..72..138B.
- ^ "MHS, Scientific Instrument Society 25th Anniversary Exhibition". University of Oxford. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1885). "Everett, Joseph David". Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 1. London: Smith, Elder & Co.