A. M. (Arthur Mason) Worthington

Born in 1852, he was an English physicist whose name is closely tied to the early study of fluid motion, especially the behavior of splashes and falling drops. He taught for many years at the Royal Naval Engineering College in Devonport, where he carried out the experiments that made him best known.

His most famous book, A Study of Splashes (1908), grew out of careful experiments on droplets striking different surfaces. By combining observation with high-speed spark photography, he revealed shapes and patterns that the human eye could not catch in real time. That work became an important foundation for later research in fluid dynamics.

He died in 1916. Reliable portrait images were not clearly available from the pages checked, so no profile image is included here.