By what name is William Thomson better known?
William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin oxygen; he did not know all of the components of the oxygen cycle. He could not even have known all of the sources of photosynthesis: for example the cyanobacterium "Prochlorococcus"—which accounts for more than half of marine photosynthesis—was not discovered until 1986. A variety of physical phenomena and concepts with which Thomson is associated are named "Kelvin": William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, (26 June 1824 – 17 December 1907) was a Scots-Irish mathematical physicist and engineer who was born in Belfast in 1824. At the University of Glasgow he did important work in the mathematical
William Ennis Thomson bearing his name. Thomson graduated from Polytechnic High School in 1943. William Ennis Thomson (aka Billy, while growing up) was born 1927 in Fort Worth to the marriage of William Tell Thomson (a builder) and Ruby F. Thomson ("" Schwarz; a homemaker). He had two siblings: Jack C. Thomson (b. 1912) and Aline Thomson (born 1918). William Ennis Thomson married Elizabeth Anne Everett, September 11, 1948, together, they had four children: Carol Anne, Mark William, Laurie Elizabeth, and John Everett. Wife Elizabeth died on July 16, 2011. William Ennis Thomson William Ennis Thomson (born 1927) is an American music educator