George Johnstone Stoney
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George Johnstone Stoney FRS (15 February 1826 – 5 July 1911) was an Irish physicist. He is most famous for introducing the term electron as the "fundamental unit quantity of electricity".[1]
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George Johnstone Stoney | |
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Born | (1826-02-15)15 February 1826 Oakley Park, Clareen, Birr, County Offaly, Ireland |
Died | 5 July 1911(1911-07-05) (aged 85) |
Nationality | Irish |
Alma mater | Trinity College Dublin |
Known for | The Stoney scale, Electron |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Physics |
Institutions | Queen's College Galway, Queen's University of Ireland |
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He had introduced the concept, though not the word, as early as 1874, initially naming it "electrine",[2] and the word itself came in 1891.[3][4][5] He published around 75 scientific papers during his lifetime.