Bottomley, James Thomson

Title

Dr

First name(s)

James Thomson

Surname

Bottomley

Position(s) held at King's College London ^Ref: *1

• Demonstrator of Chemistry, 1868-1869
• Curator of Chemical Laboratory, 1868-1869
• Lecturer in Natural Science at King's College School, 1869-1870
• Demonstrator of Natural Philosophy, 1869-1870

Education & professional details

School, college and/or university attended ^Ref: *3

Queens College, Belfast; Trinity College, Dublin; University of London

Qualifications

BA (1865); BSc (1867); D Sc. (1870).

Position(s) held (non King's College London) ^Ref: *2

Arnott and Thomson demonstrator in the Department of Natural Philosophy at the University of Glasgow,  1870-1899

Professional activities ^Ref: *3

Fellow of the Royal Society FRS ( London 7 June 1888); Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh FRSE (1872); Awarded degree of Doctor of Laws LLD University of Glasgow (1904); A Member of the Chemical Society; A Member of the Physical Society; Associate Member (1878) Member (1889) and Council Member of the Institution of Electrical Engineers (1873); Served on the IEE Committee of the Glasgow Local Section, now the Scottish Centre (1910).

Publications

• Dynamics: Theoretical Mechanics, 1877
• On radiation from dull and bright surfaces, London, 1887
• On Thermal Radiation in Absolute Measure, 1888
• Four figure mathematical tables, Macmillan, 1899

Personal details

Date of birth ^Ref: *3

10th January 1845

Place of birth ^Ref: *3

Fort Breda, County Down, Ireland

Date of death ^Ref: *3

18th May 1926

Place of death ^Ref: *3

Glasgow

Obituary ^Ref: *3

Journal of the Institute of Electrical Engineers, 1926, vol 64, issue 359, p1201-1202

Family details ^Ref: *3

Dr. Bottomley was a nephew of William Thomson, Lord Kelvin. His father was William Bottomley J.P. of Belfast. He was married twice, his first wife was Annie Elizabeth Heap and his second wife was Eliza Jennet Blandy. He had a son with his first wife, Allen William Thomson Bottomley born 1873 Govan, Scotland.

Notes ^{Refs: *4 *5}

In 1899 Dr. Bottomley established the Glasgow Engineering firm Kelvin, Bottomley & Baird, with his uncle. As consulting engineer he acted for the Scottish Asylums Board and for Nobels Ltd. He had a regular electrical engineering consulting practice, mostly concerned with lighting installations, such as Skibo Castle, Roxburgh Castle, etc. His portrait is in the Royal Society collection Image number RS.7786.