Arthur Mannering Tyndall,

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, FRS, LLD (18 September 1881 – 29 October 1961) was an English physicist from Bristol, England. His teaching activities included lecturing in atomic physics at the University of Bristol. Among his notable students was

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, who he introduced to the laws of quantum theory. The university's other early staff included John Edward Lennard-Jones,

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and William Sucksmith.

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