Institution of Electrical Engineers: Faraday Medal

Abstract

DR. ALEXANDER RUSSELL has been awarded the eighteenth Faraday Medal by the Council of the Institution of Electrical Engineers. The medal is awarded for notable achievement in, or help to, electrical science or industry, and Dr. Russell is qualified in both respects. His works on alternating currents and the theory of cables have long been classical; not less well known are his researches on the sphere gap, and many other mathematical researches and papers communicated to the learned societies. He recently published the "Life of Lord Kelvin", whom he knew in the early days. Dr. Russell has been connected with Faraday House from its inception in 1889, and became principal in 1909. During fifty years he has helped in, or been responsible for, the training of thousands of electrical engineers, now to be found all over the world. The outstanding feature of this education has been the encouragement of men to bear their own responsibilities; many of his students, both in the early days and recently, have achieved important work even during their student days. He has been for many years a valued contributor to NATURE.