His most important contribution to science was the research he carried out in atomic theory in chemistry. In all during his membership he read 116 papers on a number of subjects, as well as chemistry. He became a member of the Literary and Philosophical Society in 1794, and where in 1802 his first paper was read “The Proportion of Several Gases or Elastic Fluids Constituting the Atmosphere”. Who was later to make a name for himself in another branch of science, physics. One of them James Prescott Joule spent two years, twice a week for an hour learning the basics. Benjamin Joule, a wealthy brewer wanted Dalton to teach his sons chemistry and in 1834 he was introduced to them as their tutor. He spent 6 years at the college before leaving to take up teaching privately and also to carry on his research in Chemistry. He was successful and moved to Manchester in 1792, when he was 26 years old. In 1792 the Manchester New College advertised for a teacher of Mathematics and Philosophy, John Dalton was persuaded to apply. However, he wanted to further his studies. He spent twelve years teaching in Kendal during which time he continued his own education and investigations. The brothers prospered and by 1787 John Dalton advertised a series of lectures on natural philosophy and published the lectures. He spent two years doing farming work before being invited to become an Assistant Teacher and help his brother at a boarding school in Kendal. He only carried on teaching for a short while as he was earning very little money. At the age of 12 his teacher, John Fletcher, retired and John Dalton took on the role and taught boys and girls of all ages. Dalton did make enquiries amongst the local people where he was born without much success and came to the conclusion it must have been in 1766 and probably on September 5th.ĭalton received his early education from his father and at Pardshaw hall Quaker Meeting House, near to where the family lived. His birth was not entered into the Friends Register of Births, or indeed in any other baptismal records of the time. The exact date of John Dalton’s birth is not known.
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