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George Johnstone Stoney

1826 - 1911

Born

15 February 1826

Oakley Park, Kings County, Ireland

Died

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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