* 9 May 1808, † 8 June 1882
John Scott Russell was born on 9 May 1808 in Parkhead, near Glasgow, Scotland. John Scott Russell was a Scottish engineer and naval architect best known for his identification of a solitary wave: a precursor of today’s solitons. John Scott Russell died on 8 June 1882 in Ventnor, Isle of Wight, England.
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