George Johnstone Stoney
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Anglo-Irish physicist (1826-1911)
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1826-02-15 ) 15 February 1826, Clareen , Ireland , UKGBI
- Died
- 5 July 1911 (1911-07-05) (aged 85), Notting Hill , London , UKGBI
- Resting place
- St. Nahi's Church , Dublin , Ireland
- Alma mater
- Trinity College Dublin ( BA )
- Known for
- Coining the term electron Stoney units
- Spouse
- Margaret Sophia Stoney
- Children
- 5, including Edith and Florence
- Relatives
- Bindon Blood Stoney (brother) George Francis FitzGerald (nephew)
- Awards
- FRS (1861) Boyle Medal (1899)
- Fields
- Physics
- Institutions
- Birr Castle (1848–52) Queen's College Galway (1852–57) Queen's University of Ireland (1857–82) Civil Service Examinations in Ireland (1882–93)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- George
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- County Offaly
- Place of death
- Notting Hill
- Sibling
- Bindon Blood Stoney
- Occupation
- astronomer
- Educated at
- Trinity College, Dublin
- Employer
- University of Galway
- Field of work
- physics
- Image
- GeorgeJohnstoneStoney(1826-1911),Undated(DateGuessedEarly1890s).jpg
- Residence
- Ireland
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- member of
- American Philosophical Society
- date of birth
- 1826-02-15
- date of death
- 1911-07-05
- contributed to creative work
- Popular Science
- Commons category
- George Johnstone Stoney (physicist)
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
- relative
- George FitzGerald
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Encyclopedic overview
George Johnstone Stoney (15 February 1826 – 5 July 1911) was an Irish physicist and academic who is best known for introducing the term electron as the "fundamental unit quantity of electricity"; he initially named it electrolion in 1881, and later named it electron in 1891. He published around 75 scientific papers during his lifetime, and was the professor of Physics at Queen's College Galway from 1852 to 1857.
Biography
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