Arthur Rucker

Sir Arthur William Rucker (or Rücker) FRS (23 October 1845, Clapham Park, London, England – 1 November 1915, Yattendon, Berkshire) was a British physicist.

[1] Rucker was then a Professor of Physics at the Royal College of Science from 1886 to 1901, when he left to become Principal of the University of London.

[5] For his services, he was knighted in the 1902 Coronation Honours,[6] receiving the accolade from King Edward VII at Buckingham Palace on 24 October that year.

In the general election of 1885, Rucker stood as the Liberal candidate for the newly created Leeds North constituency.

In that election, where Rucker stood in the Pudsey constituency in West Yorkshire, he lost to the Liberal candidate Briggs Priestley by 5,207 votes to 4,036.