Oliver Heaviside
(1850-1925)

Died aged c. 75

Oliver Heaviside FRS (/ˈhɛvisaɪd/; 18 May 1850 – 3 February 1925) was an English self-taught mathematician and physicist who invented a new technique for solving differential equations (equivalent to the Laplace transform), independently developed vector calculus, and rewrote Maxwell's equations in the form commonly used today. He significantly shaped the way Maxwell's equations are understood and applied in the decades following Maxwell's death. His formulation of the telegrapher's equations became commercially important during his own lifetime, after their significance went unremarked for a long while, as few others were versed at the time in his novel methodology. Although at odds with the scientific establishment for most of his life, Heaviside changed the face of telecommunications, mathematics, and science.

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Commemorated on 3 plaques

Oliver Heaviside Hon M.I.E.E. F.R.S. 1850-1925 Electrical engineer and mathematician lived here 1897-1909

Spa Villa, Lower Warberry Rd, Torquay, United Kingdom where they lived (1897-1909)

Oliver Heaviside FRS 1850-1925 mathematician and scientist renowned worldwide for his contribution to electromagnetic theory and prediction of the Heaviside Layer off which which radio signals are reflected lived here 1889-1897

Barclays Bank, Palace Avenue, Paignton, United Kingdom where they lived

Oliver Heaviside 1850-1925 Theorist of Telecommunications lived here

123 Camden Street, Camden, London, United Kingdom where they was