John Dalton Theory

John Dalton was a famous chemist born in Eaglesfield, Cumbria, United Kingdom. He lived from 1766-1844. He was important because he made a theory called Dalton’s atomic theory. Dalton’s atomic theory stimulated further research and promoted speculation about the structure of atoms.

John Dalton was born into a Quaker family. His dad was a weaver who did not make so much money so John Dalton starting working as a teacher in his village school at the age of twelve. After teaching ten years at a school in Kendal, he switched to teaching at a college in Manchester. At the college he joined the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society. He became very interested in meteorology and began keeping daily weather records. He kept daily weather records all the way until his death. He then also started writing papers and one of his papers was about red - green color blindness which he and his brother both had. He proved that this disease was hereditary and the disease is now called Daltonism because of his findings.

John Dalton came up with many ideas and theories. The one that he is mo...