Notable Academics and Alumni
See also List of University of Strathclyde people
- Sir Samuel Curran - Inventor of the Scintillation counter
- John Logie Baird - Invented the world's first working television
- Thomas Graham - Formulated the Law of Diffusion of Gases
- James Young - Successfully separated paraffin wax, naphtha, lamp oil and lubricating oil from oil
- James Blyth - responsible for one of the earliest applications of wind power
- Henry Faulds - Originator of fingerprint identification
- James Croll - Early investigator of climate change
- Robert Thom - Inventor of water filtration systems
- Andrew Ure - His research is believed to be the inspiration behind Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein.
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