Person Dalton; John (1766 - 1844) Dalton John 1766 - 1844 British Male Eaglesfield, near Cockermouth, Cumberland, England 06 September 1766 Manchester 27 July 1844 Burial: Ardwick cemetery, near Manchester

Manchester (1821)

Physics Chemistry Meteorology 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) Son of Joseph Dalton and his wife Deborah (nee Greenup) Medals and prizes: Royal Medal 1826 Fellow 07/03/1822 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 International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 6 Sep 1766 - 27 Jul 1844 NA8194 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/56739674 98ac7792-b831-4a35-b5e9-9b641a6baaa9