Biography of James Prescott Joule

Before 24 Dec 1818 [his father] Benjamin Joule (age 34) and [his mother] Alice Prescott (age 35) were married.

On 24 Dec 1818 James Prescott Joule was born to Benjamin Joule (age 34) and Alice Prescott (age 35) at New Bailey Street, Salford.

In 1836 [his mother] Alice Prescott (age 53) died.

On 18 Aug 1847 James Prescott Joule (age 28) and Amelia Grimes (age 33) were married. They had three children.

In 1850 James Prescott Joule (age 31) was elected Fellow of the Royal Society.

In 1852 James Prescott Joule (age 33) was awarded the Royal Medal by the Royal Society for his paper on the mechanical equivalent of heat, printed in the Philosophical Transactions for 1850'

On 06 Sep 1854 [his wife] Amelia Grimes (age 40) died.

In 1858 [his father] Benjamin Joule (age 74) died.

1882. John Collier (age 31). Portrait of James Prescott Joule (age 63).

On 11 Oct 1889 James Prescott Joule (age 70) died.