Died 1911-07-05.
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George Johnstone Stoney
George Johnstone Stoney 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.
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science · Irish physicist (1826–1911) · physicist · astronomer · also George Johnstone Stoney, Johnstone Stoney, Stoney
Born 15 February 1826 · Died 5 July 1911 · Q734412
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1902· 1 entry
Stoney was elected a Member of the American Philosophical Society
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1899· 1 entry
Stoney became the first recipient of the Boyle Medal of the Royal Dublin Society
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1891· 1 entry
Proposed the term "electron" to describe the fundamental unit of electric charge, and his contributions to research in this area laid the foundations for the eventual discovery of the particle by J
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1882· 1 entry
Moved to the post of Superintendent of Civil Service Examinations in Ireland, a post he held until his retirement in 1893
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1826· 1 entry
Born 1826-02-15.
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