Title

John Dalton, English chemist, c1834 (1902). Artist: Unknown

Caption

John Dalton, English chemist, c1834 (1902). As a Quaker, Dalton (1766-1844) could not attend an English university, so supported himself by teaching. He studied gases, and in 1808 proposed his atomic theory. In 1794 he was the first to describe colour blindness (Daltonism) from which both he and his brother suffered. He kept a meteorological diary for many years and amassed some 200,000 observations.
Oxford Science Archive

Date

1902

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images

Reference

HRM19B66_193

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No

License type

Rights managed

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49,9Mb (2,2Mb) / 11,6in x 16,8in / 3465 x 5037 (300dpi)

Keywords

England glasses people male job man men health religious vision eyesight country religion meteorological meteorology science guy spectacles occupation British sight English Christianity chemist gas scientist chemistry location century Britain profession B&W pioneer MONOCHROME 19th century black & white black and white B W 18th century 1900s 20th century Eighteenth Century meteorologist nineteenth century Oxford Science Archive atomic theory colour blindness Daltonism Quaker John Dalton lithograph portrait Unknown John colour-blindness Dalton lithograph portrait