John Dalton
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 180 years ago |
Date of birth | September 6,1766 |
Zodiac sign | Virgo |
Born | Eaglesfield |
United Kingdom | |
Date of died | July 27,1844 |
Died | Manchester |
United Kingdom | |
Alma mater | Harris Manchester College, Oxford |
Known for | Atomic theory |
Law of multiple proportions | |
Dalton's law | |
Color blindness | |
Atomic theory; Dalton's law; Dalton's law of partial pressure; Daltonism; Dalton Minimum; Dalton | |
Awards | Royal Medal |
Fellow of the Royal Society | |
Siblings | Mary Dalton |
Jonathan Dalton | |
Parents | Deborah Greenup |
Joseph Dalton | |
Nationality | British |
English | |
Great grandparent | Ann Hobson |
James Greenup | |
Peter Dalton | |
Anne Mirehouse | |
Author abbrev botani | Jn.Dalton |
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ID | 413466 |
John Dalton Life story
John Dalton FRS was an English chemist, physicist and meteorologist. He is best known for introducing the atomic theory into chemistry, and for his research into colour blindness, which he had. Colour blindness is known as Daltonism in several languages, being named after him.