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In between, he was involved in laying the first transatlantic telegraph cables, he served as the University's Professor of Natural Philosophy, he helped define the lowest possible temperature in the Universe, he created one of the first houses in the world to be fully lit by electricity and became the first scientist to be ennobled and so enter the House of Lords. Not bad for a young lad from Belfast!
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A statue of William Thomson in Kelvingrove Park in Glasgow. Thomson was Glasgow University's youngest (in 1832, aged 10) and oldest (aged 75) matriculated student.
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The Entrance to the Hunterian Museum at Glasgow University.
Opening in 1807, the Hunterian Museum is the oldest public museum in Scotland. Based on the collections of William Hunter, it now houses over one million items.
Of particular note (and well worth checking out) are its collection of marker stones from the Antonine Wall
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