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William T. Jeans
1848–1907
A Victorian-era journalist with a knack for turning science and industry into lively human stories, this British writer explored the people behind major technological change. His books on steelmaking and electricity brought inventors and engineers to a wide general audience.
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Lives of the electricians : Professors Tyndall, Wheatstone, and Morse.
by William T. Jeans
About the author
William Tulloch Jeans (1848–1907) was a British parliamentary journalist and author. He worked as parliamentary correspondent for The Globe and was known for his writing on politics, industry, and scientific progress.
He is best remembered for books that introduced readers to the makers of the modern industrial world, including The Creators of the Age of Steel and Lives of the Electricians. His work focused less on abstract theory than on the people, experiments, and practical achievements that helped shape the nineteenth century.
Jeans also has a place in literary and scientific family history as the father of physicist and astronomer Sir James Jeans. A surviving portrait was not clearly available from the source page reviewed, so no profile image is included here.