Arthur Mannering Tyndall, CBE, FRS, LLD (18 September 1881 – 29 October 1961) was an English physicist from Bristol, England.[1] His teaching activities included lecturing in atomic physics at the University of Bristol. Among his notable students was Paul Dirac, who he introduced to the laws of quantum theory.[2] The university's other early staff included John Edward Lennard-Jones, Beryl May Dent, Herbert Wakefield Banks Skinner and William Sucksmith.[3][4]

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  1. ^ H.H. Wills Physics Laboratory
  2. ^ Farmelo, Graham (2010). The Strangest Man: The Hidden Life of Paul Dirac, Quantum Genius. Faber & Faber. pp. Chapter 4, Kindle location 1306. ISBN 9780571222865.
  3. ^ Mott, Nevill Francis; Powell, Cecil Frank (November 1962). "Arthur Mannering Tyndall, 1881-1961". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 8: 159–165. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1962.0012.
  4. ^ Tyndall, Arthur Mannering (August 1956). "A History of the Department of Physics in Bristol 1876–1948. With personal reminiscences" (PDF). University of Bristol Department of Physics. Bristol. p. 24. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 January 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
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