John Dalton Essay

John Dalton was born September 6th, 1766 in Eaglesfield, England. Both of his parents, Joseph and Deborah were both Quakers who owned a house and a small little yard. Due to them being Quakers, they were seen as rebels by the established Church of England, which blocked his educational opportunities. John was a brainy child who looked at the world a little more closely than normal kids. At age 11, he attended a school in his town, but then became a teacher helper. Around 15 John started to help his brother run a Quaker boarding school a few miles away from his hometown but still continued to teach himself new knowledge. Once he turned 19 he became the school's principal for 8 years. As of 1794, John wrote his first scientific paper, which he called: Extraordinary Facts Relating to the Vision of Colours. This paper was the first ever paper to consider color blindness when he realized he and other family members had this case. Conclusively, his method was wrong yet he was the first person to take interest in color blindness. Shortly after this was known as ‘Daltonism’. He furthered his research papers in Physical Science: heat conduction, gas expansion by heat, the properties of light, the aurora Borealis, and Meteorology.
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Funny because his graduation gown was red, a color he could not see. In 1834 Dalton was offered another degree but this time for Doctorate of Laws, by Edinburgh University. Also during the year 1834, a statue was made in honor of the revolutionary chemist, Dalton. In 1837, Dalton had his first stoke causing him to have trouble with his speech for a year. After suffering a second stoke, John Dalton died peacefully on the evening of July 26, 1844 making him 78 years old. A reported 40,000 people showed up to the procession, honoring his dedication to