Lionel Wilberforce | |
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| Born | 18 April 1861 |
| Died | 4 January 1944 (aged 82) |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
| Scientific career | |
| Doctoral advisor | J. J. Thomson |
Lionel Robert Wilberforce (18 April 1861 – 1 April 1944) was a British physicist. He is best known for the invention of the Wilberforce pendulum, which exhibits a curious motion in which periods of purely rotational oscillation gradually alternate with periods of purely up and down oscillation.