Cavendish Professor of Physics
The Cavendish Professorship is one of the senior faculty positions in physics at the University of Cambridge. It was founded on 9 February 1871 alongside the famous Cavendish Laboratory, which was completed three years later. William Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire endowed both the professorship and laboratory in honor of his relative, chemist and physicist Henry Cavendish.
The old Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge, England
The Cavendish Laboratory is the Department of Physics at the University of Cambridge, and is part of the School of Physical Sciences. The laboratory was opened in 1874 on the New Museums Site as a laboratory for experimental physics and is named after the British chemist and physicist Henry Cavendish. The laboratory has had a huge influence on research in the disciplines of physics and biology.
Cavendish plaque at original New Museums Site
Entrance at the original Cavendish Laboratory site on Free School Lane
Sir Ernest Rutherford's physics laboratory- early 20th century
Southern aspect of the laboratory at its current site, viewed from across 'Payne's Pond'