Person Stoney; George Johnstone (1826 - 1911) Stoney George Johnstone 1826 - 1911 British Male Oakley Park, Kings County, Ireland 15 February 1826 30 Chepstow Crescent, Notting Hill Gate, London 05/07/1911 19110705 Burial: Dundrum, County Dublin, Ireland

Dublin (1860); Hornsey; Notting Hill, London

Mathematical physics Education: Trinity College, Dublin. BA (1848), MA (1852) Career: First Assistant Astronomer, Parsonstown Observatory (1848-1852); Professor of Natural Philosophy, Galway (1852-1857); Secretary, Queen's University of Ireland (1857-1882); left Dublin for London (1893) Son of George Stoney of Oakley Park and his wife Anne, daughter of Bindon Blood of Cranagher and Rockforest, County Clare; elder brother of Bindon Blood Stoney (FRS 1881); father of George Gerald Stoney (FRS 1911); uncle of George Francis Fitzgerald (FRS 1883); married (1863) his cousin Margaret Sophia, daughter of Robert Johnstone Stoney of Parsonstown (she died 1872) Royal Society roles: VP 1899-1900 Fellow 06/06/1861 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc Series A 1911-1912 vol 86 pp xx-xxxv, plate, signed by J J References: J G O'Hara, 'George Johnstone Stoney, FRS, and the Concept of the Electron' in NR 1974-5 vol 29 pp 265-276, plate 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 15 Feb 1826 - 5 Jul 1911 NA8284 21/11/2001 Andyg Martind 02/04/2026 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/67239096 0d590b4b-206e-448b-918f-20e5dda2c81e