John Dalton

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John Dalton was an English chemist, physicist, and meteorologist best known for pioneering modern atomic theory and researching color blindness.

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instanceOf chemist
human
meteorologist
physicist
awardReceived Royal Medal
birthDate 1766-09-06
birthPlace Eaglesfield, Cumberland, England NERFINISHED
burialPlace Ardwick Cemetery, Manchester NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath stroke
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
deathDate 1844-07-27
deathPlace Manchester, England NERFINISHED
educatedAt Quaker school in Eaglesfield
employer Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup English
familyName Dalton NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork atomic theory
chemistry
color vision
gas laws
meteorology
physics
givenName John NERFINISHED
hasVariantName John Dalton FRS NERFINISHED
influenced modern chemistry
physical science
influencedBy Antoine Lavoisier NERFINISHED
Isaac Newton NERFINISHED
knownFor Daltonism (term for color blindness) NERFINISHED
Dalton’s law of partial pressures NERFINISHED
modern atomic theory
research on color blindness
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf Religious Society of Friends NERFINISHED
Royal Society of London NERFINISHED
name John Dalton NERFINISHED
notableWork A New System of Chemical Philosophy NERFINISHED
occupation lecturer
teacher
positionHeld President of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society NERFINISHED
publicationDate 1808
religion Quaker
theory atoms of each element have characteristic weight
chemical reactions are rearrangements of atoms
matter is composed of indivisible atoms
workLocation Manchester NERFINISHED

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James Prescott Joule educatedBy John Dalton
James Prescott Joule influencedBy John Dalton