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John Dalton grew up to be an English chemist, meteorologist and physicist. Before he had propounded the Atomic Theory, he had already attained a significant status. He worked for the development of modern Atomic Theory, Gas Law, and his research on colour blindness. Until 1800, he had also worked as a teacher of mathematics and natural philosophy at the "New College" in Manchester, a dissenting academy. A second work by Dalton "Elements of English Grammar" was published in 1801.
Much of Dalton's collected work was damaged during the bombing of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society on 24 December 1940. The damaged papers are now in the John Rylands Library having been deposited in the university library by the Society.
Dalton never married and had only a few close friends. He lived for more than a quarter of a century with his friend the Rev. W. Johns in George Street, Manchester. He suffered a minor stroke in 1837; a second one in 1838 left him with a speech impediment, though he still was able to carry on with his experiments. On July 27, 1844, Dalton, fell from his bed and was found lifeless by his assistant.
John Dalton was from a Quaker family at Eaglesfield in England, born on September 06, 1766. He was a son of a weaver, he joined his older brother, Jonathan at age 15 in running a Quaker school in nearby Kendal.