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William Robert Grove
Welsh physicist and inventor of the first fuel cell
Known forWelsh physicist and inventor of the first fuel cell (died 1896)
Sir William Robert Grove, FRS FRSE was a Welsh judge and physical scientist. He anticipated the general theory of the conservation of energy, and was a pioneer of fuel cell technology. He invented the Grove voltaic cell. Birthdays.fyi indexes this profile with birthday, age, profession cluster, source links, and nearby people born on July 11.
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Sir William Robert Grove, FRS FRSE was a Welsh judge and physical scientist. He anticipated the general theory of the conservation of energy, and was a pioneer of fuel cell technology. He invented the Grove voltaic cell. Birthdays.fyi indexes this profile with birthday, age, profession cluster, source links, and nearby people born on July 11.
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Welsh physicist and inventor of the first fuel cell (died 1896). This page is tagged with Science, Historical, Global, July 11.
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