Education
He studied at the University of Berlin and the University of Cambridge.
He studied at the University of Berlin and the University of Cambridge.
He introduced the air pressure unit millibar, as well as the tephigram, a diagram of temperature changes. Shaw was born in Birmingham. At the latter institution, he later, between 1877 and 1906, taught physics.
In 1891, he was elected to the Royal Society.
In 1915 he was knighted, and in 1923 he was awarded a. In 1909, he introduced the millibar unit, which was internationally adopted in 1929.
In 1915, he developed the tephigram. Shaw also studied air pollution, publishing his book The Smoke Problem of Great Cities in 1925.
Shaw died in London.
Royal Society; Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.