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George Gabriel Stokes

1819 - 1903

Born

13 August 1819

Skreen, County Sligo, Ireland

Died

01/02/1903

Cambridge, England

Nationality
British
Gender
Male
Date of election for Royal Society fellowship
05/06/1851
Age at the time of election for Royal Society fellowship
32
Occupation
Physicist
Relationships
Parents: Gabriel Stokes (1762–1834), rector of Skreen and vicar-general of Killala, and Elizabeth, daughter of John Haughton, rector of Kilrea, co. Londonderry. Spouse: Mary Susanna (1823/4–1899), daughter of Irish astronomer (John) Thomas Romney Robinson (1793–1882) and his first wife, Eliza Isabelle Rambaut (d. 1839), of Huguenot descent (4 July 1857). Children: Susanna Elizabeth (died in infancy); Dora Susanna (died in infancy); William George Gabriel; Arthur Romney; Isabella Lucy.