William Robert Grove

British judge and chemist (1811-1896) · Scientists · Died at 85

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.

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Grove's 1839 gas voltaic battery diagram

1846 copy of "On the Correlation of Physical Forces"

Statue of William Grove in Woking Park

William Robert Grove c. 1850

Arms displayed at Lincoln's Inn[31]

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Fellow of the Royal Society

Royal Medal

Royal Society Bakerian Medal

Knight Bachelor

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Scientists born in the 1810s 6

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