Thomas Ranken Lyle
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Sir Thomas Ranken Lyle FRS[1] (26 August 1860 – 31 March 1944)[2][3] was an Irish-Australian mathematical physicist, radiologist, educator, and rugby player.
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Birth name | Thomas Ranken Lyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | (1860-08-26)26 August 1860 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Coleraine, County Londonderry, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 31 March 1944(1944-03-31) (aged 83) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | South Yarra, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
University | Trinity College, Dublin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notable relative(s) | Dame Mary Herring (daughter) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation(s) | Mathematical physicist | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lyle was born and educated in Ireland before emigrating to Australia to take up a professorship at the University of Melbourne. There he was a pioneer in the use of X-rays as a medical tool. The Thomas Ranken Lyle Medal is awarded in his name to honour Australian achievements in Physics and Mathematics.
In his earlier years in Ireland he was a rugby union forward of some note, who played club rugby for Dublin University and international rugby for Ireland.[4]