Short biography on john dalton
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Biography of John Dalton, the 'Father of Chemistry'
John Dalton (September 6, –July 27, ) was a renowned English chemist, physicist, and meteorologist. His most famous contributions were his atomic theory and color blindness research.
Fast Facts: John Dalton
- Known For: Atomic theory and color blindness research
- Born: September 6, in Eaglesfield, Cumberland, England
- Parents: namn Dalton, Deborah Greenups.
- Died: July 27, in Manchester, England
- Education: Grammar school
- Published Works: New struktur of kemikalie Philosophy, Memoirs of the Literary and Philosophical kultur of Manchester
- Awards and Honors: The Royal Medal (), the fellowship of the Royal samhälle of London and the Royal Society of Edinburgh, honorary degree from the University of Oxford, associate of the French Academy of Sciences,
- Notable Quote: "Matter, though divisible in an extreme degree, fryst vatten nevertheless not infinitely delbar. That fryst vatten, there must be some point beyond whi
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John Dalton
British chemist and physicist (–)
For other people named John Dalton, see John Dalton (disambiguation).
John DaltonFRS (; 5 or 6 September – 27 July ) was an English chemist, physicist and meteorologist.[1] He introduced the atomic theory into chemistry. He also researched colour blindness; as a result, the umbrella term for red-green congenital colour blindness disorders is Daltonism in several languages.[a][2]
Early life
John Dalton was born on 5 or 6 September into a Quaker family in Eaglesfield, near Cockermouth, in Cumberland, England.[3][4] His father was a weaver.[5] He received his early education from his father and from Quaker John Fletcher, who ran a private school in the nearby village of Pardshaw Hall. Dalton's family was too poor to support him for long and he began to earn his living, from the age of ten, in the service of wealthy local Quaker Elihu Robinson.[6]
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John Dalton FRS
John Dalton () was an English chemist, physicist, and meteorologist, best known for introducing the atomic theory into chemistry and for his work on human optics. Inspired by his own unusual perception of colour, he conducted the first ever research into colour blindness – a subject which subsequently became known as Daltonism.
John Dalton was born in , to a modest Quaker family from the Lake District in Cumbria. While he received little formal education, his sharp mind and natural sense of curiosity compensated for a lack of early schooling. At the age of just 12 he joined his older brother in running a local Quaker school, where he remained as a teacher for over a decade.
Dalton had two influential mentors during this time: Elihu Robinson, a rich intellectual with an interest in mathematics and science; and John Gough, a blind classics scholar and natural and experimental philosopher. Both these men inspired in Dalton an avid interest in meteorology that