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John Dalton
British chemist and physicist (1766–1844)
For other people named John Dalton, see John Dalton (disambiguation).
John DaltonFRS (; 5 or 6 September 1766 – 27 July 1844) 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 1766 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]
Early career
When he was 15, Dalton joined his older brother Jonathan in running a
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John Dalton
(1766-1844)
Who Was John Dalton?
During John Dalton's early career, he identified the hereditary nature of red-green color blindness. In 1803 he revealed the concept of Dalton’s Law of Partial Pressures. Also in the 1800s, he was the first scientist to explain the behavior of atoms in terms of the measurement of weight.
Early Life and Career
Dalton was born in Eaglesfield, England, on September 6, 1766, to a Quaker family. He had two surviving siblings. Both he and his brother were born color-blind. Dalton's father earned a modest income as a handloom weaver. As a child, Dalton longed for formal education, but his family was very poor. It was clear that he would need to help out with the family finances from a young age.
After attending a Quaker school in his village in Cumberland, when Dalton was just 12 years old he started teaching there. When he was 14, he spent a year working as a farmhand but decided to return to teaching — this time as an assistant at a Quaker boarding school in Kendal. Within four years, the shy young man was made principal of the sch
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Biography of John Dalton, the 'Father of Chemistry'
John Dalton (September 6, 1766–July 27, 1844) 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, 1766 in Eaglesfield, Cumberland, England
- Parents: Joseph Dalton, Deborah Greenups.
- Died: July 27, 1844 in Manchester, England
- Education: Grammar school
- Published Works: New System of Chemical Philosophy, Memoirs of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester
- Awards and Honors: The Royal Medal (1826), the fellowship of the Royal Society 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, is nevertheless not infinitely divisible. That is, there must be some point beyond which we cannot go in the division of matter....I have chosen the word “atom” to
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