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William Crookes (1832–1919)

English: Caricature of British physicist Sir William Crookes (1832-1919), inventor of the Crookes tube, an early type of experimental vacuum tube which produced colorful light displays. Caption read "ubi Crookes ibi lux", which in Latin means roughly, "Where there is Crookes, there is light".
Date 1902-1903 (published 21 May 1903)
Source Published in "Vanity Fair", 21 May 1903
Author
Leslie Ward  (1851–1922)  wikidata:Q920924
 
Leslie Ward
Alternative names
"Spy", "Drawl"
Description British portrait painter and caricaturist
Date of birth/death 21 November 1851 Edit this at Wikidata 15 May 1922 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death England London Edit this at Wikidata
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London Edit this at Wikidata
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