Silvanus Phillips Thompson (1851–1916) was an English physicist, electrical engineer, and author. He was born in London and educated at the City of London School and the Royal College of Science. He was a professor of physics at the City and Guilds Technical College in Finsbury, London, and later at the University of Liverpool. Thompson wrote several books on electrical engineering, including The Dynamics of Electric Machinery (1893), The Calculus of Electrical Engineering (1896), and The Theory of Electric Waves (1902). He also wrote a popular book on the history of electricity, The Life of William Gilbert (1903). He was a Fellow of the Royal Society and a member of the Institution of Electrical Engineers. He was awarded the Hughes Medal of the Royal Society in 1906.
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