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How old was William Thomson when he became professor of natural philosophy at the University of Glasgow?
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William Thomson, Baron Kelvin
William Thomson, Baron Kelvin.
William Thomson was 22 years old when he was unanimously elected to the chair of natural philosophy at the University of Glasgow in 1846.1