Chemistry Presentation from 10th grade

1. John Dalton
1766-1844

2. Early life
❖ Born September 6th, 1766
❖ Quaker Family
❖ Lived in Cumberland, England

3. Education
❖ Father (weaver)
❖ Quaker John Fletcher
❖ Lack of money
❖ Wealthy Quaker

4. Career (age 10 - 15)
❖ Served wealthy Quaker
❖ Teached at age of twelve
❖ Ran a school with at age of fifteen

5. Career (age 23-34)
❖ Interests in Law or medicine
❖ John Gough
❖ Teacher at “New College” at age of 27
❖ Mathematics and philosophy
❖ Regsined at age of 34
❖ Started private tutoring

6. Meteorology
❖ Made over 200,000 observations
❖ Theory of atmospheric circulation
(now known as the Hadley cell)
❖ Introduced by Elihu Robinson

7. Color Blindness
❖ “Daltonism”
❖ Both John and his brother were colorblind
❖ Heredity

8. Atomic Theory
1. Elements are made of extremely small particles called atoms.
2. Atoms of a given element are identical in size, mass, and other properties;
atoms of different elements differ in size, mass, and other properties.
3. Atoms cannot be subdivided, created, or destroyed.
4. Atoms of different elements combine in simple whole-number ratios to
form chemical compounds.
5. In chemical reactions, atoms are combined, separated, or rearranged.

9. Personal Life
❖ Never married
❖ Few Friends
❖ Lived a modest Quaker life

10. Death
❖ July 27th, 1844
❖ History of strokes
❖ Full honored funeral

11. Sources
❖ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dalton
❖ http://www.visitcumbria.com/sl/kendal-stramongateschool/