George Green (July 14, 1793, in Sneinton, Nottinghamshire, England; May 31, 1841, in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England) was a mathematical physicist introducing several important concepts like the potential functions or Green’s functions.
Early Years and Education
George Green was born and lived for most of his life in Sneinton, Nottinghamshire (now it belongs to the city of Nottingham). His father George was a baker and a owner of a brick windmill. When he was young, he had a frail constitution. So, he tried not to follow in his father steps, but this was not possible, and he started his carrier in the bakery at the age of 5. He got school education only for 2 years.
Professional Carrier
After the second year in the school, George Green was employed in the mill of his father from 1802 up to his father’s death in 1829. Green continued successfully his father’s business. He was mostly a self-taught person. He studied at his own mill foundations of physics. He was registered in the...
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Altenbach, H. (2019). Green, George. In: Altenbach, H., Öchsner, A. (eds) Encyclopedia of Continuum Mechanics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-53605-6_119-1
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