Separation of Lanthanides/ Lanthanides and Actinides
John Dalton: Father of Modern Atomic Theory
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3. Born: September 6, 1766
Birthplace: Cumberland, England
Gender: Male
Father: Joseph Dalton
Mother: Deborah Greenup
Siblings: Jonathan & Mary
Occupation: Teacher, Chemist,
Meteorologist & Physicist
Died: July 27, 1844
Cause of Death: Paralysis & Stroke
4. John received his early education from
his father and from John Fletcher,
teacher of the Quaker school at Eagles
field.
This youthful venture was not successful,
the amount he received in fees being
only about five shillings a week, and
after two years he took to farm work.
5. He had received some instruction in
mathematics from a distant relative,
Elihu Robinson, and in 1781 he left his
native village to become assistant to his
cousin George Bewley, who kept a school
at Kendal.
6. John Dalton lived and worked in England
as a teacher and public lecturer.
He began teaching when he was 12. He
taught for 10 years at a Quaker boarding
school in Kendal, and then he moved on
to a teaching position at the city of
Manchester.
7. John
Dalton was seriously interested in
meteorology for the longest time.
He seems to have thought of taking up
law or medicine, but his projects met
with no encouragement from his
relatives and he remained at Kendal till,
in the spring of 1793, he moved to
Manchester.
8. John Gough, a blind philosopher to
whose aid he owed much of his
scientific knowledge, he was
appointed teacher of mathematics and
natural philosophy at the New College
in Moseley Street (in 1880 transferred
to Manchester College, Oxford), and
that position he retained until the
removal of the college to York in 1799.
9. Hewas appointed teacher of mathematics
and natural philosophy at the New College
in Moseley Street (in 1800 transferred to
Manchester College, Oxford), and that
position he retained until the removal of
the college to York in 1799, when he
became a public and private teacher of
mathematics and chemistry.
10. He is best known for his pioneering
work in the development of modern
atomic theory and his research into
color blindness (sometimes referred
to as Daltonism, in his honor).
11. Elihu Robinson a competent
meteorologist and instrument maker,
who got him interested in problems
of mathematics and meteorology.
John Gough a blind philosopher to
whose aid he owed much of his
scientific knowledge.
