Some of Lord Kelvin's 

Major Achievements

 

       * Graduated Cambrige with Honors                           1841

       * Defined the Absolute Temp. Scale                          1847

       * Member of the Royal Society                     Elected 1851 

       * Began working on Transatlantic                              1854
          Cable Project

       * Royal Society Royal Medal                     Awarded 1856

* Royal Society Bakerian Lecturer                            1856 

* Patented his Invention of the Mirror                       1858
   Galvanometer (long distance telegrapgh reciever)

* Knighted by Queen Victoria                                    1866

* President of the British Association                        1871
   for the Advancement of Science 

* President of Royal Society of Edinburgh    1873 to 1878
                                                                        1886 to 1890
                                                                        1895 to 1907

* Royal Society Copley Medal                    Awarded 1883 

* Honorary Fellow of the Edinburgh                          1883
   Maths Society 

* President of Royal Society of London        1890 to 1895 

* Created Baron Kelvin of Largs                                1892

* London Maths Society President                1898 to 1900

* Recived Order of Merit                                            1902

* Lunar features         Crater Thomson and Promontorium 
                                             Kelvin and Rupes Kelvin 

* Published more than 600 papers 
   and pantented 70 inventions