The Langworthy Professor is the holder of an endowed chair in the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Manchester , UK .
6-764: It was founded by a bequest of £10,000 for the purpose of endowing a professorship of experimental physics by the businessman and politician E. R. Langworthy at Owens College, Manchester in 1874. Owens College later became the Victoria University of Manchester (1904) and then the University of Manchester (2004). Several Langworthy Professors have been Nobel Laureates , including Ernest Rutherford , Lawrence Bragg , Patrick Blackett , Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov . This United Kingdom university, college or other education institution article
12-481: A textile merhcant for C. Taylor & Sons. In 1837 he moved to Salford , Lancashire to join his brother George's cotton business alongside their other brother, Lewis. George Langworthy & Co. was first established around 1822, then became Langworthy Brothers & Co. based at Greengate Mill on the bank of the River Irwell . When Salford was incorporated as a municipal borough in 1844, Langworthy
18-500: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This physics -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Edward Ryley Langworthy Edward Ryley (or Riley) Langworthy (1797 – 7 April 1874) was a British businessman and an independent but Whig -leaning politician. Langworthy was born in 1797 London , the son of a Somerset merchant. He worked in Central and South America for 12 years as
24-573: The museum and library he had helped establish. Langworthy Road, constructed shortly after his death, was named in his memory by Salford Borough Council. Edward also left £100,000 (equivalent to £11,800,000 in 2023) to George’s son. This article about a Liberal Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom representing an English constituency is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about
30-416: Was elected as the first alderman for Trinity ward . He was the borough's fifth mayor , elected for two consecutive terms from 1848 to 1850. His term as mayor saw the establishment of the free public museum and library at Peel Park . In January 1857, Salford's Whig Member of Parliament , Joseph Brotherton , died. Langworthy was selected as the party's candidate for the vacancy, and as the only nominee,
36-538: Was elected unopposed on 2 February. Following his election he gave a speech outlining his political views: he supported the temperance movement , free trade and civil and religious freedom, the reform of parliament, strengthened local government , but opposed any increase in the size of the country's armed forces. He was only Salford's MP for a matter of months, as he did not stand at the subsequent 1857 general election . Langworthy retained his connection with Salford Corporation , and on his death in 1874 left £10,000 to
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