Alfred Ewing

Alfred Ewing

Sir James Alfred Ewing MInstitCE (27 March 1855 − 7 January 1935) was a Scottish physicist and engineer, best known for his work on the magnetic properties of metals and, in particular, for his discovery of, and coinage of the word, hysteresis. It was said of Ewing that he was 'Careful at all times of his appearance, his suits were mostly grey, added to which he generally wore – whatever the fashion – a white piqué stripe to his waistcoat, a mauve shirt, a white butterfly collar and a dark blue bow tie with white spots.' He was regarded as brilliant and successful, but was conscious of his dignity and position. On appointment to head the newly created Admiralty codebreaking department, the Director of Naval Intelligence, Henry Oliver, described him as 'too distinguished a man to be placed officially under the orders of the Director of Intelligence or Chief of Staff'. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alfred Ewing has received more than 21,004 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Alfred Ewing is the 633rd most popular physicist (up from 659th in 2019), the 3,546th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,106th in 2019) and the 74th most popular British Physicist.