Napier Shaw

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Biography

Shaw was born in Birmingham. He studied at the University of Berlin and the University of Cambridge. At the latter institution, he later, between 1877 and 1906, taught physics. In 1891, he was elected to the Royal Society.[1][4][5] In 1915 he was knighted, and in 1923 he was awarded a Royal Medal.

In 1909, he introduced the millibar unit, which was internationally adopted in 1929. In 1915, he developed the tephigram. Shaw also studied air pollution, publishing his book The Smoke Problem of Great Cities in 1925.

Shaw died in London.

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