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In Memory of John Dalton

1766-1844
John dalton,son of Joseph and Deborah dalton, he had one brother named Jonathan no sisters.John dalton lived and worked in England as a teacher and a public lecture.He wa very interested in meteorology for the longest.He published meteorological observations and essays which he recorded.He did so many things, he made his own atomic theory he was also was very interested in color blindness.His serious interest in this led him to the view of atomism. Between his life and death John Dalton made his living as a teacher and public lecturer.He began teaching at the age of 12 he taught ten years at a Quaker boarding school in Kendal,as he was teaching he got into the atomism he calculated weights and came up with

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