University of Kent, Canterbury

University of Kent, Canterbury

The UK’s European university S "..L .2 /"9S, AL S ,78 7S S47/"78 G3A9 L7 45370 :r! :a#id "! %ar( / ;Stephen Gray - anterbury+s 2or&otten "ero of Science< At 3pm on 4hursday 3*th 1arch' )*17' =ennison Lecture 4heatre' 5ni#ersity of 6ent' anterbury! 4he %ecture wi%% be fo%%owed by informa% discussions o#er free About the Stephen Gray Lectures / refreshments in the =ennison caf>! Stephen Gray (1666-1736) was a 7#erybody we%come? dyer and amateur scientist from anterbury! "e made contributions to #arious $e%ds inc%udin& astronomy' pa%aeonto%o&y' bio%o&y and optics but is best (nown for his disco#ery' in the 17)*+s' that some materia%s can conduct e%ectricity whi%e others act as insu%ators! ,n 17)- he mana&ed for the $rst time to transmit About the spea(er / :r! :a#id "! %ar( has had a remar(ab%y e%ectricity o#er %on& distances (at wide-ran&in& career spannin& the practice' administration' .tterden /%ace' near Lenham)! and history of science and en&ineerin&! After wor(in& on "e is a%so credited with the sate%%ite communications in the 8ew @ea%and /ost .Ace' he disco#ery of e%ectrostatic mo#ed to the 56 in 1-7B to Coin $rst the 1u%%ard Space induction! ,n spite of his &reat Science Laboratory and then the 3oya% Greenwich contribution to Science' Gray+s .bser#atory and the 3utherford App%eton Laboratory' where reco&nition came %ate in his %ife0 he was "ead of Space Astronomy! ,n 1-DE he became :irector he was the $rst recipient of the of /ro&rammes at the Science and 7n&ineerin& 3esearch op%ey 1eda% in 1731 and ounci% (S73 )! Fith the formation of the 7n&ineerin& and became a 2e%%ow of the 3oya% /hysica% Sciences 3esearch ounci% (7/S3 ) in 1--B' he was Society in 1733! 4he Stephen appointed :irector of /%annin& and ommunications' and Gray Lectures ha#e been subseGuent%y :irector of 3esearch and ,nno#ation! Since )**3 instituted by the he is a /rincipa% 2e%%ow and ad#isor to the hairman and Schoo% of /hysica% Sciences on Hoard at F1G' 5ni#ersity of Farwic(! :a#id is the co- author' with his son Stephen' of I8ewton+s 4yranny0 the the 5ni#ersity 6ent+s main campus' in anterbury to Suppressed Scienti$c :isco#eries of Stephen Gray and =ohn ce%ebrate one of the re&ion+s most 2%amsteedI (F " 2reeman' )***)! prominent /hysica% Scientists!.

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