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Charles Vernon Boys

1855 - 1944

Born

15 March 1855

The rectory, Wing, Uppingham, Rutland, England

Died

30/03/1944

St Mary Bourne, Andover, Hampshire, England

Nationality
British
Gender
Male
Date of election for Royal Society fellowship
07/06/1888
Fields of Interest
Physics
Occupation
Physicist and inventor
Relationships
Parents Reverend Charles Boys and Caroline Goodrich Dobbie. Spouse: Marion Amelia, granddaughter of Sir Jonathan Frederick Pollock (FRS 1816); they divorced in 1910. Children: