= Oliver Heaviside
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He participated in the development of the <electrical telegraph>, and he did some good modeling work that improved the foundations of the field, notably creating the <telegrapher's equations>.
He was one of those <idealists> who just want to do some cool work even if they have to starve for it, people had to get a state pension for him for his contributions. Nice guy. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Oliver_Heaviside&oldid=1230097796\#Later_years_and_views[]:
\Q[In 1896, FitzGerald and John Perry obtained a civil list pension of £120 per year for Heaviside, who was now living in Devon, and persuaded him to accept it, after he had rejected other charitable offers from the <Royal Society>.]
He also never married: https://www.nndb.com/people/627/000204015/
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{title=<Oliver Heaviside> c. 1900}