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John Dalton

1766 - 1844

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John Dalton (; 5 or 6 September 1766 – 27 July 1844) was an English chemist, physicist and meteorologist. He introduced the atomic theory into chemistry. He also researched colour blindness; as a result, the umbrella term for red-green congenital colour blindness disorders is Daltonism in several languages. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Dalton is the 5th most popular chemist, the 62nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 43rd in 2019) and the most popular British Chemist.

John Dalton is most famous for his atomic theory. He believed that all matter was made up of tiny particles called atoms. He also believed that atoms were indivisible and that they were not created or destroyed.

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Among chemists, John Dalton ranks 5 out of 602. Before him are Louis Pasteur, Alfred Nobel, Dmitri Mendeleev, and Antoine Lavoisier. After him are Jabir ibn Hayyan, Irène Joliot-Curie, Amedeo Avogadro, Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, Robert Boyle, Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, and Emil Fischer.

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Among people born in 1766, John Dalton ranks 1. After him are Thomas Robert Malthus, Joseph Radetzky von Radetz, Germaine de Staël, Charlotte, Princess Royal, Emmanuel de Grouchy, marquis de Grouchy, Nikolay Karamzin, Armand-Emmanuel de Vignerot du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu, Franz Xaver Süssmayr, William Hyde Wollaston, Johanna Schopenhauer, and José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia. Among people deceased in 1844, John Dalton ranks 2. Before him is Joseph Smith. After him are Charles XIV John of Sweden, Joseph Bonaparte, Ching Shih, Louis Antoine, Duke of Angoulême, Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, Bertel Thorvaldsen, Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, Ivan Krylov, Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, and William Beckford.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Dalton ranks 62 out of 8,785. Before him are John Major (1943), Mary of Teck (1867), Margaret Thatcher (1925), Ecgberht, King of Wessex (800), Edward Victor Appleton (1892), and John Lennon (1940). After him are William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin (1824), David Hume (1711), Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900), Arthur Conan Doyle (1859), James V of Scotland (1512), and Aleister Crowley (1875).

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Among CHEMISTS In United Kingdom

Among chemists born in United Kingdom, John Dalton ranks 1. After him are William Ramsay (1852), John Macleod (1876), Alexander R. Todd (1907), Robert Robinson (1886), Humphry Davy (1778), Cyril Norman Hinshelwood (1897), Arthur Harden (1865), Archer Martin (1910), Rodney Robert Porter (1917), Frederick Soddy (1877), and Francis William Aston (1877).

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