| Authorised form of name | Dalton; John (1766 - 1844) |
| Dates | 1766 - 1844 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Eaglesfield, near Cockermouth, Cumberland, England |
| Date of birth | 06 September 1766 |
| Place of death | Manchester |
| Date of death | 27 July 1844 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
Ardwick cemetery, near Manchester |
| Research field | Physics |
| Chemistry |
| Meteorology |
| Activity | Education:
Friends School, Pardshaw Hall
Career:
Taught in a school in Kendall (1781); began a meteorological diary, which he kept for 57 years (from 1787); tutor in Mathematics and Chemistry, New College, Manchester (1793); discovered the law of multiple proportions and atomic weights; held honorary degrees from Oxford and Edinburgh Universities; was colour blind; wrote 'Elements of English grammar' (London, 1801)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 07/03/1822 |
| RSActivity | Medals and prizes:
Royal Medal 1826 |
| Relationships | Son of Joseph Dalton and his wife Deborah (nee Greenup) |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB; DQB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1844 No 60 pp 528-530
References:
Arnold Thackray, '"In Praise of Famous Men" - The John Dalton Bicentenary Celebrations, 1966' in NR 1967 vol 22 pp 40-44
Lise Wilkinson, 'Three Drawings of Fellows by William Brockedon, FRS' in NR 1971 vol 26 pp 183-187, plate
Donald Cardwell and Joan Mottram, 'Fresh Light on John Dalton' in NR 1984-85 vol 39 pp 29-40, plate
John Hedley Brooke, review of Colin A Russell, Lancastrian Chemist: the Early Years of Sir Edward Frankland in NR 1990 vol 44 pp 135-136
Sydney Ross, 'The Dalton Entail' in NR 1997 vol 51 pp 219-233
Sydney Ross, 'John Dalton's Lakeland Excursions' in NR 1999 vol 53 pp 79-94
R W Jones, 'Dalton's unfortunate choice' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 15-33
M I Grossman 'John Dalton and the London atomists: William and Bryan Higgins, William Austin, and new Daltonian doubts about the origiin of atomic theory' in NR 2014 vol 68, no 4, pp339-356
Notes:
DQB has birth date as 5 September 1766 |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/56739674 |
| Code | NA8194 |
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1821/41 | Dalton, John: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MM/1/11 | Letter from John Dalton, Manchester, to Major Emmet | 13 February 1836 |
| MM/1/8 | Letter from John Dalton, Manchester, to Jean Baptiste Biot | 5 August 1833 |
| MM/1/10 | Letter from John Dalton, Manchester, to Major Emmet | 15 December 1835 |
| MM/1/7 | Letter from John Dalton, Manchester, to Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac | 5 Aug 1833 |
| MM/1/9 | Letter from John Dalton, Manchester | 14 July 1835 |
| MS/710/30 | Note and signature of John Dalton | nd |
| IM/001047 | Dalton, John | nd |
| NLB/2/754 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Emmett, 49 Linver Road, Hurlington | 30 October 1888 |
| IM/001048 | Dalton, John | nd |
| IM/001049 | Dalton, John | |
| MC/3/163 | Letter from John Moore, Chairman of the Commissioning Committee, Manchester, to the [Marquis of Northampton] President of the Royal Society and its Fellows | 18 May 1841 |
| S/0044 | Sculpture busts of Watt, James and Dalton, John | |
| MC/3 | Volume 3 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1839-1843 |
| P/0030 | Portrait of Dalton, John | |
| MC/3/231 | Letter from Peter Clare, Manchester, to John David Roberton, [Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society] | 30 July 1842 |
| AP/23/6 | Unpublished paper, 'On the arseniates' by John Dalton | April 1839 |
| AP/23/5 | Unpublished paper, 'On the phosphates' by John Dalton | April 1839 |
| AP/21/22 | Unpublished paper, 'On the relative attractions of sulphuric acid for water, under particular circumstances: with suggestion of means of improving the ordinary process of manufacturing sulphuric acid' by Henry Hough Watson | 28 May 1838 |
| NLB/17/448 | Copy letter from John Evans, to Reverend J P Moorehouse | 3 November 1898 |