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John Cunningham McLennan

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Alma mater
  
University of Toronto

Fields
  
Physics

Education
  
University of Toronto


Role
  
Physicist

Name
  
John McLennan

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Born
  
October 14, 1867 Ingersoll, Ontario (
1867-10-14
)

Died
  
October 9, 1935, Paris, France

Notable awards
  
Flavelle Medal (1926)

Sir John Cunningham McLennan


Sir John Cunningham McLennan, (October 14, 1867 – October 9, 1935) was a Canadian physicist.

Born in Ingersoll, Ontario, the son of David McLennan and Barbara Cunningham, he was the director of the physics laboratory at the University of Toronto from 1906 until 1932.

McLennan delivered the Guthrie lecture to the Physical Society in 1918. In 1926, he was awarded the Royal Society of Canada's Flavelle Medal.

References

John Cunningham McLennan Wikipedia