Editing King's College London (section)

==== Faculty of natural, mathematical and engineering sciences ====
The faculty includes the departments of chemistry, engineering, informatics, mathematics, and physics.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kcl.ac.uk/nmes/index|title=Faculty of Natural, Mathematical & Engineering Sciences|at=Our departments|publisher=King's College London|access-date=31 December 2024}}</ref>

The teaching of experimental physics at King's was the first in England and professors of experimental physics have included [[James Clerk Maxwell]], [[Harold A. Wilson (physicist)|Harold A. Wilson]], [[Charles Glover Barkla]], [[Owen Willans Richardson|Sir Owen Richardson]], [[Sir Edward Appleton]] and [[Charles Drummond Ellis|Sir Charles Ellis]], three of whom became Nobel laureates.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Engineering, Biophysics and Physics at King's College, London |issue=4320 |pages=261–263 |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/170261a0.pdf |journal=Nature|date=August 1952 |volume=170 |doi=10.1038/170261a0 |access-date=19 January 2020 |last1=Wilkins |first1=M. H. F. }}</ref>

[[John Frederic Daniell]] was the first professor of chemistry at King's and established the first chemical laboratory in 1834. Chemistry was originally part of the medical department and became a separate department in 1958; this closed in 2003 due to a decline in student numbers and reduced funding. The department was reestablished in 2012.<ref name="chem">{{cite web |title=Department of Chemistry – History |url=https://www.kcl.ac.uk/chemistry/about/history|publisher=King's College London|access-date=31 December 2024}}</ref>

Teaching of engineering at King's was established in 1838, a year after Durham, making it the second [[school of engineering]] established in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sQ5AAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA231|title=King's College, London|journal=The Civil Engineer and Architect's Journal|volume=1|year=1838|page=231}}</ref> The department of engineering was the largest engineering school in the UK in 1893.<ref name="kclengineering">{{cite web |title=About the Division of Engineering |url=http://www.kcl.ac.uk/nms/About-Us.aspx |publisher=Faculty of Natural & Mathematical Sciences |access-date=21 January 2016 |archive-date=1 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170601054556/http://www.kcl.ac.uk/nms/About-Us.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=King's College London Engineering Student Records |url=http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/rd/283bd784-8eb4-4ac7-bd05-56650102ab80 |publisher=National Archives|access-date=21 January 2016}}</ref> The division of engineering was closed in 2013, with the current department of engineering being established in 2019.<ref name="kclengineering" /><ref>{{Cite web |title= King's Engineering |url=https://www.kcl.ac.uk/study-at-kings/kings-engineering|access-date=4 March 2021|publisher=King's College London}}</ref>