George Johnstone Stoney
1826 - 1911
- Born
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15 February 1826
Oakley Park, Kings County, Ireland
- Died
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05/07/1911
30 Chepstow Crescent, Notting Hill Gate, London
- Nationality
- British
- Gender
- Male
- Date of election for Royal Society fellowship
- 06/06/1861
- Fields of Interest
- Mathematical physics
- Relationships
- Son of George Stoney of Oakley Park and his wife Anne, daughter of Bindon Blood of Cranagher and Rockforest, County Clare; elder brother of Bindon Blood Stoney (FRS 1881); father of George Gerald Stoney (FRS 1911); uncle of George Francis Fitzgerald (FRS 1883); married (1863) his cousin Margaret Sophia, daughter of Robert Johnstone Stoney of Parsonstown (she died 1872)
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- Wikipedia
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Author of
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Unpublished paper, 'On the logarithmic law of atomic weights' by G [George] Johnstone Stoney
Creator: George Johnstone Stoney Reference number: AP/65/9 -
Referee's report by William Huggins, on a paper 'On the physical constitution of the sun and stars' by George Johnstone Stoney
Creator: William Huggins Reference number: RR/6/279 -
Referee's report by George Gabriel Stokes, on a paper 'On the physical constitution of the sun and stars' by George Johnstone Stoney
Creator: George Gabriel Stokes Reference number: RR/6/282 -
Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'On the logarithmic law of atomic weights' by George Johnstone Stoney
Creator: George Carey Foster Reference number: RR/10/226
Referee of
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Referee's report by George Johnstone Stoney, on a paper 'On cosmic evolution' by A W Bickerton
Creator: George Johnstone Stoney Reference number: RR/15/10 -
Referee's report by George Johnstone Stoney, on a paper 'The kinetic theory of planetary atmospheres. Part I' by George Hartley Bryan
Creator: George Johnstone Stoney Reference number: RR/15/22
Recipient of
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Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to George Johnstone Stoney, dated at Collingwood
Creator: John Frederick William Herschel, Sir; John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/17/242 -
Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to George Johnstone Stoney, dated at Collingwood
Creator: John Frederick William Herschel, Sir; John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/24/237
Most frequently corresponded with
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John Frederick William Herschel
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