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of Physics at the University of Oxford from 1900 until 1941.

Education

John Sealy Edward Townsend was born on 7 June 1868 in Galway, Ireland, the son of Judith (née Townsend) and Edward Townsend, Professor of Civil Engineering at Queen's College Galway. His parents were distant cousins.

In 1885, Townsend entered Trinity College Dublin,

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