Humphrey Lloyd (c1800–1881) was the provost of Trinity College, Dublin between 1867–1881, and Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy. Lloyd is known for experimentally verifying conical reflection, a theoretical prediction made by William Rowan Hamilton about the way light is bent when travelling through a biaxial crystal. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society, and President of both the British Association and the Royal Irish Academy.[1][2]
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| Preceded by Richard MacDonnell |
Provost of Trinity College, Dublin 1867–1881 |
Succeeded by John Hewitt Jellett |